The Chicano movement : perspectives from the twenty-first century /

The Chicano movement : perspectives from the twenty-first century /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: García, Mario T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:New directions in American history.
Subjects:
Chicano movement.
Mexican Americans > Politics and government > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
United States > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
California > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
California > Politics and government > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: the Chicano Movement: does anyone care about what happened 40 years ago? / Jorge Mariscal
  • Introduction: the Chicano Movement and Chicano historiography / Mario T. García
  • Community struggles
  • "All I want is that he be punished": Border Patrol violence, women's voices and Chicano activism in early 1970s San Diego / Jimmy Patino
  • Reinscribing the voices of la gente in the narrative of the Chicano Movement / Lorena V. Márquez
  • "Hoo-ray Gonzales!": Civil rights protest and Chicano politics in Bakersfield, 1965-1974 / Oliver Rosales
  • Alicia Escalante, the Chicana welfare rights organization, and the Chicano Movement / Rosie Bermúdez
  • Chicana/o movement grassroots leftists and radical electoral politics in Los Angeles, 1970-1980 / José G. Moreno
  • ¡ya basta! the struggle for justice and equality: the Chicano power movement in Oxnard, California / Luis H. Moreno
  • The student movement
  • The ideological struggle for Chicana/o unity and power: a short history of California M.E.C.H.A. / Gustavo Licón
  • Understanding the role of conflict, factionalism, and schism in the development of the Chicano student movement: the Mexican American Student Association and la vida nueva at East Los Angeles College / Marisol Moreno
  • Geographic diversity and the Chicano Movement
  • San Antonio Chicano Organizers (SACO): labor activists and el movimiento / Max Krochmal
  • "We are a distinct people": defending difference in schools through the Chicano movement in Michigan, 1966-1980 / Nora Salas
  • Sin fronteras: an oral history of a Chicana activist in Oregon during the Chicano Movement / Norma Cárdenas
  • Contributor biographies.