Chicano politics : reality and promise, 1940-1990 / Juan Gómez-Quiñones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gómez-Quiñones, Juan.

Series:

Calvin P. Horn lectures in Western history and culture

The Calvin P. Horn lectures in Western history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Politics and government.

Mexican Americans.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1989-1993.

EE. UU--Política y gobierno--1945 ****.

Politics and government.

Local Subjects:

EE. UU--Política y gobierno--1945 ****.

Physical Description:

265 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1990.

Summary:

"This political history of Mexican Americans analyzes and interprets the last fifty years in the movimiento. Written by a leading Chicano historian who spent many years as an activist, this study evolved from Juan Gómez-Quiñones's participation and reflection. Examined are the leaders and organizations that waged struggles for political rights as well as the evolution of their goals and strategies. Beginning in the 1940s, Mexican Americans viewed the advocacy process in party politics, coupled with the selected use of the courts, as effective means to redress problems. But by the mid-1930s, the persistence of discrimination, inequality, and poverty led many to question the so-called gains make through piecemeal reform. A new style of politics, based on wide mobilization and an insistence upon democratic rights, coalesced into an ethnic populism known as the Chicano movement. Today, the Mexican American community in the United States remains committed to securing a more socially just life, But its political expression is often confused because, in the jumble of competing voices and self-serving conservatism, the true majority of the Mexican American community--the workers--are often overlooked and unheeded."--Back cover.

Contents:

Mexican American politics

The promise and the reality from 1941 to the 1960s

Liberalism: the Chicano movement and its organizations from the 1960s to the 1970s

Conservatism: new players and strategies from the 1970s to the 1980s

Current perspectives: empowerment

Conclusion: resolution of the moment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-253) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Gómez-Quiñones, Juan. Chicano politics.

ISBN:

0826312047

9780826312044

0826312136

9780826312136

OCLC:

21118790