The Mexican American experience : an interdisciplinary anthology edited by Rodolfo O. de la Garza [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De la Garza, Rodolfo O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans.

Mexicans--United States.

Mexicans.

Physical Description:

x, 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, Austin, 1985.

Contents:

I. Introduction and overview. The origins and development of the Mexican American people / S. Dale McLemore and Ricardo Romo

The psychic-historical and socioeconomic development of the Chicano community in the United States / Rodolfo Alvarez

The Mexican origin population in the United States : a demographic overview / Frank D. Bean, Elizabeth H. Stephen, and Wolfgang Opitz

II. Labor market experiences in the Mexican origin population. An introductory overview / Frank D. Bean, Ruth M. Cullen, and Elizabeth H. Stephen

The impact of the Great Depression on immigrant Mexican labor : repatriation of the Bridgeport, Texas, coal miners / R. Reynolds McKay

Changing patterns of undocumented Mexican migration to South Texas / Richard C. Jones

The wage structure of Hispanic men : implications for policy / Cordelia W. Reimers

Earnings differentials between Mexican American, Black, and white male workers / Naomi Turner Verdugo and Richard R. Verdugo

The comparative salary position of Mexican American college graduates in business / Larry E. Penley, Sam Gould, and Lynda Y. De La Vina

Immigration and perceptions of economic deprivation among working-class Mexican American men / Michael V. Miller and Avelardo Valdez

Mexican Americans and employment inequality in the federal civil service / Patricia A. Taylor and Susan Walker Shields

Sex-role attitudes and labor force participation among young Hispanic females and non-Hispanic white females / Vilma Ortiz and Rosemary Santana Cooney.

III. Political participation, organizational development, and institutional responsiveness. Introduction / F. Chris Garcia, Rodolfo O. De La Garza, and Donald J. Torres

Americans all : the Mexican American generation and the politics of wartime Los Angeles, 1941-45 / Mario T. Garcia

Ethnicity and electoral choice : Mexican American voting behavior in the California 30th Congressional District / Bruce E. Cain and D. Roderick Kiewiet

Attitudes toward undocumented workers : the Mexican American perspective / Lawrence W. Miller, Jerry L. Polinard, and Robert D. Wrinkle

The political socialization of Chicano elites : a generational approach / Rodolfo O. De La Garza and David Vaughan

Hispanic representation in the U.S. Congress / Susan Welch and John R. Hibbing

Conflict and controversy in the evolution of bilingual education in the United States : an interpretation / Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr.

A legal voice for the Chicano community : the activities of the Mexcian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 1968-82 / Karen O'Connor and Lee Epstein

Dismissal, conviction, and incarceration of Hispanic defendants : a comparison with Anglos and Blacks / Susan Welch, John Gruhl, and Cassia Spohn

Ethnicity and justice in the Southwest : the sentencing of Anglo, Black, and Mexican origin defendants / Malcolm D. Holmes and Howard C. Daudistel.

IV. The social and cultural context of the Mexican American experience in the United States. Introduction / Ricardo Romo and Harriett Romo

On the nature of Latino ethinicity / Felix M. Padilla

Shifts to English as usual language by Americans of Spanish mother tongue / Gilles Grenier

Language, education, and the socioeconomic achievement of Hispanic origin men / Marta Tienda and Lisa J. Neidert

The Mexican origin population's differing perceptions of their children's schooling / Harriet Romo

Mexican American intermarriage in a nonmetropolitan context / Ralph B. Cazares, Edward Murguia, and W. Parker Frisbie

Change and continuity in Mexican American religious behavior : a three-generation study / Kyriakos S. Markides and Thomas Cole

The health of the Mexican origin population / Ronald Angel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Mexican American experience.

ISBN:

0292750889

9780292750883

0292750838

9780292750838

OCLC:

11867237