Quest for Tejano Identity in San Antonio, Texas, 1913-2000

Informationen zum Autor Richard A. Jr. Buitron Klappentext The Quest for Tejano Identity was written as a study of Mexican American consciousness, and a history of the assumptions and intellectual responses of Mexican Americans in south Texas. The work uses history to inquire why different ethnic groups think, act and speak as they do as they encounter American society. Zusammenfassung This book surveys the people, events, and conditions that shaped Mexican American identity in the Southwestern United States after 1913. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Formation of Community, 1519–1910; Chapter 2 Visions of Community, Part I; Chapter 3 Another Community: Identity among Working Class Mexican Americans, 1935–1941; Chapter 4 A City of Migrants: Los Angeles and Chicano Identity; Chapter 5 Visions of Community, Part II; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography Index;

Product details

• Authors: Richard Buitron, Buitron Richard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2013
• EAN: 9780415651240
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65124-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General