Enduring Legacies: Ethnic Histories and Cultures of Colorado

Traditional accounts of Colorado's history often reflect an Anglocentric perspective that begins with the 1859 Pikes Peak Gold Rush and Colorado's establishment as a state in 1876. Enduring Legacies expands the study of Colorado's past and present by adopting a borderlands perspective that emphasizes the multiplicity of peoples who have inhabited this region.

Addressing the dearth of scholarship on the varied communities within Colorado-a zone in which collisions structured by forces of race, nation, class, gender, and sexuality inevitably lead to the transformation of cultures and the emergence of new identities-this volume is the first to bring together comparative scholarship on historical and contemporary issues that span groups from Chicanas and Chicanos to African Americans to Asian Americans.

This book will be relevant to students, academics, and general readers interested in Colorado history and ethnic studies.

Author: Arturo J. Aldama
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 11/15/2010
Pages: 420
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781607320494
ISBN10: 1607320495
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Hispanic American Studies
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Asian American Studies & Pacific

About the Author
Arturo Aldama is associate chair and associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Elisa Facio, Daryl Maeda and Reiland Rabaka are associate professors of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.