Description
Mexicans and other Latinos comprise fifty percent of the population of Los Angeles and are the largest ethnic group in California. In this completely revised and updated edition of a classic political and social history, one of the foremost scholars of the Latino experience situates the US's largest immigrant community in a time of anti-immigrant fervor. Originally published in 1996, this edition analyses the rise and rule of LA's first-ever Mexican American mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, as well as the harsh pressures facing Chicanos in an increasingly unequal and gentrifying city.
Author: Rodolfo F. Acuna
Publisher: Verso
Published: 04/14/2020
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781786633798
ISBN10: 1786633795
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Hispanic American Studies
- History | United States | State & Local | General
- Political Science | Civil Rights
Author: Rodolfo F. Acuna
Publisher: Verso
Published: 04/14/2020
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781786633798
ISBN10: 1786633795
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Hispanic American Studies
- History | United States | State & Local | General
- Political Science | Civil Rights
About the Author
Rodolfo F. Acuña is the founding chair of the Chicana/o Studies department at California State University at Northridge--the largest Chicana/o Studies Department in the United States. He has authored twenty-two books, including three children's books, and Voices of the US Latino Experience; Corridors of Migration: Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933; and Occupied America: A History of Chicanos.