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El Cinco de Mayo : An American Tradition / David Hayes-Bautista.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayes-Bautista, David E., 1945- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Hispanic Americans--History--19th century--California.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Hispanic Americans--Ethnic identity--California.
- Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--Social aspects--United States.
- Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday).
- Puebla, Battle of, Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1862--Social aspects--United States.
- Puebla, Battle of, Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1862.
- Puebla, Battle of, Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1862--Press coverage--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why is Cinco de Mayo-a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862-so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As David E. Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Hayes-Bautista shows how the meaning of Cinco de Mayo has shifted over time-it embodied immigrant nostalgia in the 1930's, U.S. patriotism during World War II, Chicano Power in the 1960's and 1970's, and commercial intentions in the 1980's and 1990's. Today, it continues to reflect the aspirations of a community that is engaged, empowered, and expanding.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. Before the American Civil War
- 2. The First Battle of Puebla, 1862
- 3. The American Civil War and the Second Battle of Puebla
- 4. The Juntas Patrióticas Mejicanas Blossom
- 5. One War, Three Fronts
- 6. Shaping and Reshaping the Cinco de Mayo, 1868-2011
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786613520746
- 9781280115660
- 1280115661
- 9780520951792
- 0520951794
- OCLC:
- 775302613
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