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Mexicans in California: Transformations and Challenges
. Ed(S): Gutierrez, Ramon A.; Zavella, Patricia
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paperback. Exploring the past, present, and future of ethnic Mexicans in California Editor(s): Gutierrez, Ramon A.; Zavella, Patricia. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 line drawings; 22 maps/graphs; 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KLCM; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Numbering over a third of California's population and thirteen percent of the U.S. population, people of Mexican ancestry represent a hugely complex group with a long history in the country. Contributors explore a broad range of issues regarding California's ethnic Mexican population, including their concentration among the working poor and as day laborers; their participation in various sectors of the educational system; social problems such as domestic violence; their contributions to the arts, especially music; media stereotyping; and political alliances and alignments.
Contributors are Brenda D. Arellano, Leo R. Chavez, Yvette G. Flores, Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Aída Hurtado, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Chon ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076077
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V9780252076077
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About . Ed(S): Gutierrez, Ramon A.; Zavella, Patricia
Ramón A. Gutiérrez is the Preston & Sterling Morton Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Chicago. Patricia Zavella is a professor of Latin American and Latino studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Reviews for Mexicans in California: Transformations and Challenges
"Informative and well written, this anthology contains substantive explorations of issues that deeply affect the daily lives and experience of Latino/as in the United States today."
Suzanne Oboler, founding editor of Latino Studies and coeditor in chief of the four-volume Oxford Encyclopedia on Latinos and Latinas in the United States
Suzanne Oboler, founding editor of Latino Studies and coeditor in chief of the four-volume Oxford Encyclopedia on Latinos and Latinas in the United States