Assault on Mexican American Collective Memory, 20102015 - Swimming With Sharks

This book puts recent events in the Southwestern United States into historical context, exploring how and why powerful elites are laying an assault on the history and identity of Mexican Americans and Latinos. It argues that neoliberalism and the privatization of schools and higher education drives this phenomenon.

About the author

Rodolfo F. Acuña is professor emeritus of Chicano studies at California State University, Northridge.

Summary

This book puts recent events in the Southwestern United States into historical context, exploring how and why powerful elites are laying an assault on the history and identity of Mexican Americans and Latinos. It argues that neoliberalism and the privatization of schools and higher education drives this phenomenon.

Product details

• Authors: Rodolfo F. Acuã¿A, Rodolfo F. Acua'a, Rodolfo F. Acuna, Rodolfo F. Acuña
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781498548250
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4825-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Latinos and American Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies