Mexicans in California : transformations and challenges /

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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, incl...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gutiérrez, Ramón A., 1951-, Zavella, Patricia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mexican Americans > California > Social conditions > Congresses.
Mexicans > California > Social conditions > Congresses.
Immigrants > California > Social conditions > Congresses.
Social change > California > Congresses.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > Conditions sociales > Congrès.
Mexicains > Californie > Conditions sociales > Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Emigration and immigration
Ethnic relations
Immigrants > Social conditions
Mexican Americans > Social conditions
Mexicans > Social conditions
Social change
Social conditions
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Congresses.
California > Emigration and immigration > Congresses.
California > Ethnic relations > Congresses.
California > Social conditions > Congresses.
Californie > Émigration et immigration > Congrès.
Californie > Relations interethniques > Congrès.
Californie > Conditions sociales > Congrès.
California
Mexico
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I. WORK AND POVERTY
  • 1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California's New Economy
  • 2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment
  • PART II. EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT
  • 3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School
  • 4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses and University Admissions
  • 5. Chicano Struggles for Racial Justice: The Movement's Contribution to Social Theory 6. Lifting As We Climb: Educated Chicanas' Social Identities and Commitment to Social Action
  • PART III. CULTURE AND SELF-PRESERVATION
  • 7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration
  • 8. Prime-Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television
  • 9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Cancion Ranchera
  • PART IV. CULTURE AND VIOLENCE
  • 10. Conflict Resolution and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexicans on Both Sides of the BorderBibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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