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Mexico and Mexicans in the Making of the United States by John (edt) Tutino Publisher Comments Mexico and Mexicans have been involved in every aspect of making the United States from colonial times until the present. Yet our shared history is a largely untold story, eclipsed by headlines about illegal immigration and the drug war. Placing Mexicans... (read more) Your price: $65.25 New - Hardcover 
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The Tejano Diaspora: Mexican Americanism & Ethnic Politics in Texas and Wisconsin by Mark Simon Rodriguez Publisher Comments Rodriguez examines how Chicano political and social movements developed at both ends of the migratory labor network that flowed between Crystal City, Texas, and Wisconsin during the 1960s and 1970s. By providing a view of the Chicano movement beyond the... (read more) Your price: $40.95 New - Hardcover
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An Organizer's Tale: Speeches by Cesar Chavez Publisher Comments The first major collection of writings by civil rights leader Cesar Chavez One of the most important civil rights leaders in American history, Cesar Chavez was a firm believer in the principles of nonviolence, and he effectively employed peaceful tactics... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Life on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way (Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture) by Gustavo Perez Firmat Publisher Comments An expanded, updated edition of the classic study of Cuban-American culture, this engaging book, which mixes the author's own story with his reflections as a trained observer, explores how both famous and ordinary members of the 1.5 Generation (Cubans... (read more) Your price: $30.50 New - Trade Paper
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Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States by Hector Tobar Publisher Comments Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar takes us on the definitive tour of the Spanish-speaking United States-a parallel nation, 35 million strong, that is changing the very notion of what it means to be an American in unprecedented and... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Crucible of Struggle by Zaragosa Vargas Publisher Comments Ranging from the founding of New Mexico in 1598 to the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, Crucible of Struggle: A History of Mexican Americans from the Colonial Period to the Present Era vividly outlines and explores the totality of the 500-year Mexican... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Trade Paper
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Learning Capitalist Culture: Deep in the Heart of Tejas (Contemporary Ethnography) by Douglas E. Foley Publisher Comments Building on the author's thirty-six years of experience with North Town, this second edition of Learning Capitalist Culture presents an updated ethnographic study of the small, economically depressed, predominantly Mexican American south Texas town. Like... (read more) Your price: $26.25 New - Trade Paper
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Killer Cronicas: Bilingual Memories (Writing in Latinidad) by Susana Chavez-silverman Publisher Comments A woman living and communicating in multiple lands, Susana Chávez-Silverman conveys her cultural and linguistic displacement in humorous, bittersweet, and even tangible ways in this truly bilingual literary work. These meditative and lyrical... (read more) Your price: $20.50 New - Hardcover
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Mexicanos in Oregon: Their Stories, Their Lives by Erlinda Gonzales Berry Publisher Comments This important volume sheds new light on the stories and lives of mexicanos in Oregon: why migrants come to Oregon fields, construction sites, and warehouses; what their experiences are when they settle here; and how they adapt to life in the United... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mexicanos: a History of Mexicans in the United States (2ND 09 Edition) by Manuel G. Gonzales Synopsis Newly revised and updated, Mexicanos tells the rich and vibrant story of Mexicans in the United States. Emerging from the ruins of Aztec civilization and from centuries of Spanish contact with indigenous people, Mexican culture followed the Spanish... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America by Helen Thorpe Publisher Comments Just Like Us tells the story of four high school students whose parents entered this country illegally from Mexico. We meet the girls on the eve of their senior prom in Denver, Colorado. All four of the girls have grown up in the United States, and all... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Brown-Eyed Children of the Sun: Lessons from the Chicano Movement, 1965-1975 by George Mariscal Publisher Comments A broad study of the Chicano/a movement in the Viet Nam War era.... (read more) Your price: $38.50 New - Trade Paper
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I'm Neither Here Nor There: Mexicans' Quotidian Struggles with Migration and Poverty by Patricia Zavella Publisher Comments I’m Neither Here nor There explores how immigration influences the construction of family, identity, and community among Mexican Americans and migrants from Mexico. Based on long-term ethnographic research, Patricia Zavella describes how poor and... (read more) Your price: $26.25 New - Trade Paper
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Quixote's Soldiers (10 Edition) by David Montejano Publisher Comments In the mid-1960s, San Antonio, Texas, was a segregated city governed by an entrenched Anglo social and business elite. The Mexican American barrios of the west and south sides were characterized by substandard housing and experienced seasonal flooding... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Que?onda?: Urban Youth Culture and Border Identity (07 Edition) by Cynthia L. Bejarano Publisher Comments Angel was born in Arizona and is part of the in-crowd. She likes clubbing, dancing, and going to car shows. Betzayra is from Mexico City and, despite polio-related disabilities, is the confident group leader of the Mexican girls. Arturo is also from... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $17.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Drink Cultura: Chicanismo by Jose Anton Burciaga Publisher Comments This book is about the Chicano experience of living within, between and sometimes outside of two cultures -- the damnation and salvation, and the celebration of it all.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chicana / O Identity in a Changing U.S. Society (04 Edition) by Aida Hurtado Publisher Comments What does it mean to be Chicana/o? That question might not be answered the same as it was a generation ago. As the United States witnesses a major shift in its population—from a white majority to a country where no single group predominates—the... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $14.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sonny Montes and Mexican American Activism in Oregon by Glenn Anthony May Publisher Comments With Sonny Montes and Mexican American Activism in Oregon, Glenn Anthony May makes a major contribution to the literature on Oregon and Chicano history. On one level a biography of Oregon's leading Chicano activist, the book also tells the broader story... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chicana Power!: Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement (Chicana Matters) by Maylei Blackwell Publisher Comments The first book-length study of women's involvement in the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, Chicana Power tells the powerful story of the emergence of Chicana feminism within student and community-based organizations throughout southern... (read more) Your price: $30.50 New - Trade Paper
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Fertile Matters: The Politics of Mexican-Origin Women's Reproduction (Chicana Matters) by Elena R. Gutierrez Publisher Comments While the stereotype of the persistently pregnant Mexican-origin woman is longstanding, in the past fifteen years her reproduction has been targeted as a major social problem for the United States. Due to fear-fueled news reports and public perceptions... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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