Corazón de Dixie

“Corazón de Dixie offers a nuanced understanding of the South, newly illuminating how race worked on the ground from the vantage point of Mexicans and Mexican Americans who labored and lived in the region. Julie Weise successfully makes big claims about the past and its implications for the present and the future.” — Laurie Green, University of Texas at Austin

“By extending borderlands historiography to include the South, Weise sheds light on a little-studied facet of Mexican immigration in the United States, powerfully demonstrating how our concepts of race are inevitably shaped by region, history, and community. Corazón de Dixie expands the scope of borderland studies and establishes a foundation that scholars will build upon for years." — Natalia Molina, University of California at San Diego

“Explores the history of the new Latina/o South from the late 1800s, demonstrating the need to uncover and recover the stories of Mexicans in the region. . . . Highly recommended.” — CHOICE

“An ambitious project . . . accomplished with thorough research and clear writing.” — Journal of Southern History

“A valuable resource for historians and scholars of race, ethnicity, and migration in both Mexico and the United States.” — International Migration Review

“Julie M. Weise’s sweeping examination of Mexican people in the region forces readers to rethink their ideas of Southern history, labor history, and the history of race in America.” — Western Historical Quarterly

“Weise complicates and enriches the history of the lived experiences of Mexicanos in the South by challenging the contemporary racial and ethnic narratives of the past and present.” — Journal of American History

“A book that will instantly become required reading for scholars of Latino/a, southern, and North Carolina history. . . . Beautifully written, exhaustively researched, and deeply convincing.” — North Carolina Historical Review

“A pathbreaking work. . . . Sure to be the standard starting point for all future work on Mexicanos, and other migrants, in the U.S. South.” — Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

“Meticulously researched, thoughtfully argued, and engagingly written. . . . Offers fresh interpretations and promises to become a classic text in Mexican American, borderlands, labor, immigration, and southern history.” — Southwestern Historical Quarterly