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The Chicano Generation : Testimonios of the Movement by Mario T. García (2015, Trade Paperback)

In The Chicano Generation , veteran Chicano civil rights scholar Mario T. Garc a provides a rare look inside the struggles of the 1960s and 1970s as they unfolded in Los Angeles. Based on in-depth interviews conducted with three key activists, this book illuminates the lives of Raul Ruiz, Gloria Arellanes, and Rosalio Mu oz--their family histories and widely divergent backgrounds; the events surrounding their growing consciousness as Chicanos; the sexism encountered by Arellanes; and the aftermath of their political histories. In his substantial introduction, Garc a situates the Chicano movement in Los Angeles and contextualizes activism within the largest civil rights and empowerment struggle by Mexican Americans in US history--a struggle that featured C sar Ch vez and the farm workers, the student movement highlighted by the 1968 LA school blowouts, the Chicano antiwar movement, the organization of La Raza Unida Party, the Chicana feminist movement, the organizing of undocumented workers, and the Chicano Renaissance. Weaving this revolution against a backdrop of historic Mexican American activism from the 1930s to the 1960s and the contemporary black power and black civil rights movements, Garc a gives readers the best representations of the Chicano generation in Los Angeles.

Book Title
Chicano Generation : Testimonios of the Movement
Author
Mario T. García
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Civil Rights, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / General
Publication Year
2015
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages

Lc Classification Number
E184.M5g374 2015
Reviews
Over twenty years in the making, the book relies on the use of testimonios, or testimonies . . . intended to educate others while also inspiring them to continue the struggle., [ Heavy Ground ] does something unexpected. It opens a new perspective onto William Mulholland... [bringing him] to life in all his sharp-elbowed, stubborn glory, saddened and perplexed by the St. Francis Dam debacle yet prideful until the end., This book is a welcome contribution to understanding the Chicano movement and is convincing because the narrators actually participated in the events. Their complicated humanity makes for compelling history in the first person.
Copyright Date
2015
Lccn
2014-033778
Dewey Decimal
305.868/72079494
Dewey Edition
23

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