Becoming Mexican American : ethnicity, culture, and identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 / George J. Sánchez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanchez, George J.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles--Ethnic identity.

Ethnicity--California--Los Angeles.

Ethnicity.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions.

Los Angeles (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Summary:

Twentieth-century Los Angeles has been the locus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between variant cultures in American history. Yet this study is among the first to examine the relationship between ethnicity and identity among the largest immigrant group to that city. By focusing on Mexican immigrants to Los Angeles from 1900 to 1945, George J. Sanchez explores the process by which temporary sojourners altered their orientation to that of permanent residents, thereby laying the foundation for a new Mexican-American culture. Analyzing not only formal programs aimed at these

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Introduction

PART ONE. CROSSING BORDERS

1. Farewell Homeland

2. Across the Dividing Line

3. Newcomers in the City of the Angels

PART TWO. DIVIDED LOYALTIES

4. Americanization and the Mexican Immigrant

5. The "New Nationalism," Mexican Style

PART THREE. SHIFTING HOMELANDS

6. Family Life and the Search for Stability

7. The Sacred and the Profane: Religious Adaptations

8. Familiar Sounds of Change: Music and the Growth of Mass Culture

9. Workers and Consumers: A Community Emerges

PART FOUR. AMBIVALENT AMERICANISM

10. Where Is Home?: The Dilemma of Repatriation

11. Forging a New Politics of Opposition

12. The Rise of the Second Generation

Conclusion

Appendix: On Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988003-4

1-283-11332-5

9786613113320

0-19-976223-6

OCLC:

726735445