Introduction: One hundred years of Chicano history. -- Chicano history: transcending cultural models. -- Empire and origins of twentieth-century migration from Mexico to the United States. -- The ideology and practice of empire: the United States, Mexico, and Mexican immigrants. -- Agency, gender, and migration. -- The integration of Mexican workers into the U.S. economy. -- Denying empire: the Journal of American history on the ideological warpath. -- Conclusion: Chicano history into the twenty-first century.