Mexicans in California : Transformations and Challenges Paperback / softback
Edited by Ramon A. Gutierrez, Patricia Zavella
Paperback / softback
Description
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, Ramon A. Gutierrez, Aida Hurtado, Olga Najera-Ramirez, Chon A.
Noriega, Manuel Pastor Jr., Armida Ornelas, Russell W.
Rumberger, Daniel Solorzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 8 line drawings; 22 maps-graphs; 14 tables
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:11/06/2009
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- ISBN:9780252076077
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages, 8 line drawings; 22 maps-graphs; 14 tables
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:11/06/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252076077