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  • Joaquín Ortega

    Forging Pan-Americanism at the University of New Mexico

    by Russ Davidson ...
    Series series Contextos Series
    In this important work Russ Davidson presents the first biography of Joaquín Ortega, introducing readers to Ortega’s life and work at the University of New Mexico as well as his close relationship with then UNM president James Zimmerman and other major figures. More than biography, Davidson’s study closely examines the complex relationship UNM has had with Latin America as well as with the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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  • Becoming Mexican American

    Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945

    by George J. Sanchez ...
    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. Sánchez explores the process by ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Racial Innocence

    Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality

    by Tanya Katerí Hernández ...
    *“Profound and revelatory, Racial Innocence tackles head-on the insidious grip of white supremacy on our communities and how we all might free ourselves from its predation. Tanya Katerí Hernández is fearless and brilliant . . . What fire!”*—Junot DíazThe first comprehensive book about anti-Black bias in the Latino community that unpacks the misconception that Latinos are “exempt” from racism due ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • From Out of the Shadows

    Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America

    by Vicki L. Ruiz ...
    From Out of the Shadows was the first full study of Mexican-American women in the twentieth century. Beginning with the first wave of Mexican women crossing the border early in the century, historian Vicki L. Ruiz reveals the struggles they have faced and the communities they have built. In a narrative enhanced by interviews and personal stories, she shows how from labor camps, boxcar settlements, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • From Coveralls to Zoot Suits

    The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front

    by Elizabeth R. Escobedo ...
    During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shifts and the war challenged Americans to rethink notions of race. At this extraordinary historical moment, Mexican American women found new means to exercise control over their lives in the home, workplace, and nation. In From Coveralls to ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Deeply Rooted in the Present

    Heritage, Memory, and Identity in Brazilian Quilombos

    by Mary Lorena Kenny ...
    Series series Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
    Asking what it means to be quilombola (descendants of African slaves) in the twenty-first century, Kenny illustrates how heritage and identity do not simply exist, but are continually being constructed to reflect particular historical circumstances. The book includes supplementary exercises that encourage readers to make connections between the case study at hand, their own heritage, and heritage ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Brown in the Windy City

    Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago

    by Lilia Fernández ...
    Series series Historical Studies of Urban America
    "Nuanced and meticulous analysis . . . The first historical study to examine Chicago's Mexican and Puerto Rican populations in the same frame." — Journal of Social HistoryBrown in the Windy City is the first history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. Lilia Fernández reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of tremendous ... Read more

    $23.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • San Miguel de Allende

    Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site

    by Lisa Pinley Covert ...
    Series series The Mexican Experience
    Struggling to free itself from a century of economic decline and stagnation, the town of San Miguel de Allende, nestled in the hills of central Mexico, discovered that its “timeless” quality could provide a way forward. While other Mexican towns pursued policies of industrialization, San Miguel—on the economic, political, and cultural margins of revolutionary Mexico—worked to demonstrate that it ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Chicano Studies Reader

    An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970–2019

    Edited by Chon A. Noriega, Eric Avila, Karen Mary Davalos, Chela Sandoval, Rafael Pérez-Torres, Charlene Villaseñor Black ...
    The Chicano Studies Reader, the best-selling anthology of articles from Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, has been newly expanded with a group of essays that focus on Chicana/o and Latina/o youth. This section, Generations against Exclusion, joins Decolonizing the Territory, Performing Politics, (Re)Configuring Identities, Remapping the World, and Continuing to Push Boundaries. Introductions ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Gender, Sexuality, and Power in Latin America since Independence

    by Eduardo P. Archetti, Ann S. Blum, Alejandra Bronfman, Arlene J. Díaz, Lessie Jo Frazier, William E. French, James N. Green, Cymene Howe, David S. Parker0, Pablo Piccato1, Lara E. Putnam2, Wendy A. Vogt3, Erica M. Windler4 ...
    Series series Jaguar Books on Latin America
    Featuring the original primary research of a number of leading scholars, this innovative volume integrates gender and sexuality into the main currents of historical interpretation concerning Latin America. The book argues that gender and sexuality-rather than simply supplementing existing explanations of political, social, cultural, and economic phenomena-are central to understanding these ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Black behind the Ears

    Dominican Racial Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops

    by Ginetta E. B. Candelario ...
    Black behind the Ears is an innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. For much of the Dominican Republic’s history, the national body has been defined as “not black,” even as black ancestry has been grudgingly acknowledged. Rejecting simplistic explanations, Ginetta E. B. Candelario suggests that it is not a ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Felix Longoria's Wake

    Bereavement, Racism, and the Rise of Mexican American Activism

    by Patrick J. Carroll ...
    Series series CMAS History, Culture, and Society Series
    Winner, Tullis Prize, Texas State Historical Association, 2004Private First Class Felix Longoria earned a Bronze Service Star, a Purple Heart, a Good Conduct Medal, and a Combat Infantryman's badge for service in the Philippines during World War II. Yet the only funeral parlor in his hometown of Three Rivers, Texas, refused to hold a wake for the slain soldier because "the whites would not like it ... Read more

    $27.99 USD