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Rethinking the Chicano Movement.

By: Rodriguez, Marc Simon.
Material type: TextTextSeries: eBooks on Demand.American Social and Political Movements of the 20th Century: Publisher: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014Description: 1 online resource (213 p.).ISBN: 9781136175374.Subject(s): Chicano movement -- History | Mexican Americans -- Politics and government | Mexican Americans -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rethinking the Chicano MovementDDC classification: 973.046872 | 973/.046872 Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Editor's Series Introduction; Introduction: Mexican Americanism and the Long Chicano Movement; 1 A Growing Militancy: The Farm Workers in California and Political Activism in Texas; 2 The New Urban Politics: Chicanos and the War on Poverty; 3 Youth and the Campus: Chicano Students and Chicano Education; 4 News and the Movement: Newspapers and Ideas in the Chicano Movement; 5 Art and the Movement: Chicano Murals and Community Space; Conclusion: Rethinking to Move Forward; Bibliography; Index
Summary: 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 Movement provides an astute and accessible introduction to this vital grassroots movement. Bringing together different fields of research, this comprehensive yet concise narrative considers the Chicano Movement as a national, not just regional, phenomenon, and places it alongside the other important social mov
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Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Editor's Series Introduction; Introduction: Mexican Americanism and the Long Chicano Movement; 1 A Growing Militancy: The Farm Workers in California and Political Activism in Texas; 2 The New Urban Politics: Chicanos and the War on Poverty; 3 Youth and the Campus: Chicano Students and Chicano Education; 4 News and the Movement: Newspapers and Ideas in the Chicano Movement; 5 Art and the Movement: Chicano Murals and Community Space; Conclusion: Rethinking to Move Forward; Bibliography; Index

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 Movement provides an astute and accessible introduction to this vital grassroots movement. Bringing together different fields of research, this comprehensive yet concise narrative considers the Chicano Movement as a national, not just regional, phenomenon, and places it alongside the other important social mov

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<p>Marc Simon Rodriguez is Associate Professor of history at Portland State University and the managing editor of the? Pacific Historical Review. </p>

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