“Provides readers with a deeper understanding of how race and empire intersect, and a call to re-examine our approaches to the study of ethnic identities.”—Richard T. Chu, University of Massachusetts, author of The Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila
“Sure to make a large impact in multiple fields for mixed-race studies, Philippine history, and U.S. colonialism and empire.”—JoAnna Poblete, University of Wyoming, author of Islanders in the Empire: Filipino and Puerto Rican Laborers in Hawai’i
"A clearly written, well-argued, convincing account of the shifting discourses on American mestizos." —Mina Roces, Pacific Historical Review