Rethinking the Chicano movement / Marc Simon Rodriguez.

"In the 1960s and 1970s, an energetic new social movement emerged among Mexican Americans. Fighting for civil rights and celebrating a distinct ethnic identity, the Chicano Movement had a lasting impact on the United States, from desegregation to bilingual education. Rethinking the Chicano Move...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Rodriguez, Marc S., 1968- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2015.
Series:American social and political movements of the twentieth century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Mexican Americanism and the long Chicano movement
  • A growing militancy: the farm workers in California and political activism in Texas
  • The new urban politics: Chicanos and the War on Poverty
  • Youth and the campus: Chicano students and Chicano education
  • News and the movement: newspapers and ideas in the Chicano movement
  • Art and the movement: Chicano murals and community space
  • Conclusion: rethinking to move forward.