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viii Acknowledgments During the eight years I have worked on this book, I have received much assistance from individuals and organizations. Research was funded, in part, by generous support from the University of Oregon in the form of a faculty summer research award and a research fellowship in the Oregon Humanities Center. I also acknowledge with gratitude publication subventions provided by the University of Oregon’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Oregon Humanities Center. My greatest personal debts are to my family (Helen Liu, Lizzie May, Rachel Liu-May, and Benjamin Liu-May), who endured with remarkably good cheer my preoccupation with this project, and the many people, most of them Mexican Americans, who shared their memories with me in sometimes lengthy interviews. The three interviewees who indulged me most, and cannot be thanked enough, are Sonny Montes, John Little, and Jose Romero. They and all the other people I interviewed in connection with my research are listed in the Note about Sources. Without them, I would not have been able to write this book. In addition, archivists have helped me to locate important manuscripts; librarians have brought relevant books and published documents to my attention, expeditiously handled my interlibrary loan requests, and assisted me in countless other ways; colleagues at the University of Oregon and other institutions have answered my queries, given me valuable leads, and provided feedback on earlier formulations of my ideas; undergraduates in my History 407 (Oregon history) seminar at the University of Oregon have taught me much about the history of the state’s Mexican Americans (and the research papers of four of them are cited in the notes); Mexican American friends in the Pacific Northwest have shown an interest in my work and prodded me to finish the book. Belatedly, let me express my gratitude to the following individuals: Barbara Altmann, Rev. Robert C. Antonelli, Margaret Bean, Marianne Bobich, Patrick Burk, Mary Ann Casas, David Evans, James Fox, Shawna Gandy, Mario García, Matt Garcia, Chuck Grench, Joanne Halgren, Kevin Hatfield, Shawn Helm, Ellen Herman, Marie Hernandez, Julia Heydon, Max Hill, Michael Hussey, Marianne KeddingtonLang , Rita Kester, Linda Long, Alfred McCoy, Noreen Saltveit Acknowledgments ix McGraw, Suzanne McKenzie, Jack Maddex, Ruthann Maguire, Oscar Martínez, Leon Mitchell Jr., Jim Mohr, Scott Montanaro, Angus Nesbit, Jeff Ostler, the late Peggy Pascoe, Riley Peck, David Peterson del Mar, Daniel Pope, Kay Reid, Aurora Richardson, Bill Robbins, John Russell, Rosanne Rutten, Rudy Saenz, Katie Sloan, Tom Stave, Lynn Stephen, James Strassmeier, Quintard Taylor, Tamara Vidos, Gwen Walker, Timothy Wallace, Janis Wiggins, and Aimee Yogi. I am grateful, too, for the very helpful comments provided by the two anonymous readers of my book manuscript for Oregon State University Press. I found it extremely challenging to assemble the photographs that appear in this book and could not have done so on my own. The following people assisted me in locating, reproducing, and obtaining permission to use them: Jo Alexander, Christian Boboia, Bill Church, John Little, Helen Liu, Sonny Montes, Jose Romero, and Drew Vattiat. My debt of gratitude to them is great. It is likewise great to Alethea Steingisser of the University of Oregon’s InfoGraphics Lab, who created the map. Finally, I want to single out for thanks my terrific editor at Oregon State University Press, Mary Braun, and my gifted copyeditor, Stacey Lynn. It has been a privilege to work with them. ...

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