Memories of Chicano History - The Life and Narrative of Bert Corona

Informationen zum Autor Mario T. García is Professor of History and Chicano Studies at the University of California! Santa Barbara. He is the author of Mexican Americans: Leadership! Ideology! and Identity! 1930-1960 (1989). David Montgomery is Professor of History at Yale University. Zusammenfassung Who is Bert Corona? Though not readily identified by most Americans, nor indeed by many Mexican Americans, Corona is a man of enormous political commitment whose activism has spanned much of this century. This is an autobiography of Bert Corona. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by David Montgomery Acknowledgments Introduction: Redefining American History: Bert Corona and Oppositional Narrative 1. Child of the Revolution 2. Border Education 3. Border Depression 4. Welcome to L.A. 5. Working for the Union 6. The Mexican-American Left 7. The War Years 8. Coming Home 9. The Active Fifties 10. New Frontiers 11. Expectations and Frustrations 12. jViva Kennedy! 13. Chicano Power 14. iRaza Si! Guerra No! 15. iRaza Si! Migra No! 16. Pensamientos Afterword Index Illustrations follow page

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• Authors: Mario T. Garc?a, Mario T. Garcaa, Mario T. Garcia, Mario T. García
• Assisted by: David R. Montgomery (Foreword), Montgomery David R. (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.1994
• EAN: 9780520201521
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20152-1
• No. of pages: 404
• Series: Latinos in American Society an; Latinos in American Society and Culture; Latinos in American Society and Culture; Latinos in American Society an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Mexico, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Human rights, civil rights