Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
Author: F. Arturo Rosales
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781611920949

Chicano! The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement is the most comprehensive account of the arduous struggle by Mexican Americans to secure and protect their civil rights. It is also a companion volume to the critically acclaimed, four-part documentary series of the same title, which is now available on video from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Both this published volume and the video series are a testament to the Mexican American communityÍs hard-fought battle for social and legal equality as well as political and cultural identity. Since the United States-Mexico War, 1846-1848, Mexican Americans have striven to achieve full rights as citizens. From peaceful resistance and violent demonstrations, when their rights were ignored or abused, to the establishment of support organizations to carry on the struggle and the formation of labor unions to provide a united voice, the movement grew in strength and in numbers. However, it was during the 1960s and 1970s that the campaign exploded into a nationwide groundswell of Mexican Americans laying claim, once and for all, to their civil rights and asserting their cultural heritage. They took a name that had been used disparagingly against them for years„Chicano„and fashioned it into a battle cry, a term of pride, affirmation and struggle. Aimed at a broad general audience as well as college and high school students, Chicano! focuses on four themes: land, labor, educational reform and government. With solid research, accessible language and historical photographs, this volume highlights individuals, issues and pivotal developments that culminated in and comprised a landmark period for the second largest ethnic minority in the United States. Chicano! is a compelling monument to the individuals and events that transformed society.

Chicano Bibliography

Chicano Bibliography
Author: California State University, Sacramento. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1973
Genre: Mexican Americans
ISBN:

Chicano Bibliography

Chicano Bibliography
Author: California State College, Long Beach. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1976
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Chicano Bibliography

Chicano Bibliography
Author: University of California, Davis. Library. Ethnic Studies Unit
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1969
Genre: Mexican Americans
ISBN:

Chicano Discourse: Socio-Historic Perspectives

Chicano Discourse: Socio-Historic Perspectives
Author: Rosaura Sànchez
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781611920925

Examines factors which contribute to the bilingualism found in the Mexican American community of the Southwest.

Chicano Bibliography

Chicano Bibliography
Author: Northern Arizona University. Libraries
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1980
Genre: Mexican Americans
ISBN:

Bibliographic Guide to Chicana and Latina Narrative

Bibliographic Guide to Chicana and Latina Narrative
Author: Kathy Leonard
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2003-08-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0313072248

There has been a dramatic increase in the amount of narrative work published by Chicana and Latina authors in the past 5 to 10 years. Nonetheless, there has been little attempt to catalog this material. This reference provides convenient access to all forms of narrative written by Chicana and Latina authors from the early 1940s through 2002. In doing so, it helps users locate these works and surveys the growth of this vast body of literature. The volume cites more than 2,750 short stories, novels, novel excerpts, and autobiographies written by some 600 Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Dominican American, and Nuyorican women authors. These citations are grouped in five indexes: an author/title index, title/author index, anthology index, novel index, and autobiography index. Short annotations are provided for the anthologies, novels, and autobiographies. Thus the user who knows the title of a work can discover the author, the other works the author has written, and the anthologies in which the author's shorter pieces have been reprinted, along with information about particular works.