The first history of the music that binds together Mexican immigrant communities

Cathy Ragland is an Assistant Professor in Music and the Arts at SUNY/Empire State College. She is a former music critic for the San Antonio Express-News, Seattle Times and Austin American-Statesman, where, among many things, she wrote about Tex-Mex and Norteña music. She is also a former folklorist and co-founder of the Mariachi Academy of New York, an after-school program in East Harlem.

Preface 
Acknowledgments 
Introduction 
1. Mexicanidad and Música Norteña in the “Two Mexicos” 
2. Regional Identity, Class, and the Emergence of “Border Music” 
3. Border Culture, Migration, and the Development of Early Música Norteña 
4. Modern Música Norteña and the Undocumented Immigrant 
5. Los Tigres del Norte and the Transnationalization of Música Norteña in the Working-Class Mexican Diaspora 
Conclusion 
Glossary 
References 
Selected Discography 
Interviews 
Index