Testimonio : a documentary history of the Mexican American struggle for civil rights / edited by F. Arturo Rosales.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosales, Francisco A. (Francisco Arturo)

Series:

Hispanic civil rights series

The Hispanic civil rights series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources.

Mexican Americans.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--Sources.

Civil rights movements.

Ethnic relations.

History.

Mexican Americans--Civil rights.

United States--Ethnic relations--Sources.

United States.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xix, 425 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, 2000.

Summary:

Cultural Writing. Latina/Latino Studies. From the author of the best-selling CHICANO! comes this major overview of crucial historical documents in the Mexican American pursuit of justice in the United States. Professor Rosales proceeds chronologically, examining such topics as the Mexicans in the nineteenth-century Southwest; the effects of the Mexican Revolution of 1910; massive immigration during the 1920s; workplace and labor groups such as the United Farm Workers; and the rise of militant groups and movements such as the Brown Berets, the Raza Unida political party, and the Chicano Moratorium.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-411) and index.

ISBN:

1558852999

OCLC:

43569307