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Rain of Gold
by Victor E. Villasenor
The story of the author’s paternal and maternal families during the times of the Mexican Revolution. From an idyllic existence just before the war, to the destruction of the families, we follow them as they separately leave Mexico and rebuild their lives in the United States. After many adventures, the author’s parents meet and marry in Southern California.
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Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta
The Celebrated California Bandit
by John Rollin Ridge
In 1854, a Cherokee Indian called Yellow Bird (better known as John Rollin Ridge) launched in this book the myth of Joaquin Murieta, based on the California criminal career of a 19th century Mexican bandit. Today this folk hero has been written into state histories, sensationalized in books, poems, and articles throughout America, Spain, France, Chile, and Mexico, and made into a motion picture. The Ridge... (more)
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The Revolt of the Cockroach People
by Oscar Zeta Acosta
The further adventures of "Dr. Gonzo" as he defends the "cucarachas" -- the Chicanos of East Los Angeles. Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's "Dr. Gonzo" a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan appetite for food, drugs, and life on the edge. In this exhilarating... (more)
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Occupied America
A History of Chicanos
by Rodolfo F. Acuna
Occupied America, designed to accommodate the growing number of Mexican-American or Chicano History courses, is the most comprehensive text in this market. The Sixth Edition of Occupied America has been revised to make the text more user-friendly and student-oriented, while maintaining its passionate voice.
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The Wind That Swept Mexico
The History of the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1942
by Anita Brenner
". . . here is the history of the revolution in 184 of the best photographs of the time. The whole disintegration and painful reintegration of a society is marvellously set before the eyes . . ." --Times Literary Supplement ". . . a classic and sympathetic statement of the first of the great twentieth century revolutions--its words and pictures command our attention and our respect." --Military History ... (more)
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Chavez Ravine: 1949
by Don Normark
In 1949, photographer Don Normark walked up into the hills of Los Angeles, looking for a good view. Instead, he found Chavez Ravine, a ramshackle Mexican-American neighborhood tucked away in Elysian Park like a "poor man’s Shangri-la." Enchanted, he stayed for a year amidst the wild roses, tin roofs, and wandering goats of this uniquely intact rural community on the city’s outskirts. Accepted by the residents,... (more)
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Land of a Thousand Dances
Chicano Rock 'N' Roll from Southern California
by David Reyes, Tom Waldman
Evolving from blues, R&B, boleros, funk, punk, and the British invasion, Chicano rock 'n' roll out of Southern California has enriched the music scene forever with the likes of Ritchie Valens, Thee Midniters, Cannibal and the Headhunters, El Chicano, The Brat, and Los Lobos, to name a few. Land of a Thousand Dances tells the story of this uniquely American sound beginning with Lalo Guerrero and Chico... (more)
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Zoot Suit and Other Plays
by Luis Valdez
This collection contains three of playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez's most important and recognized plays: Zoot Suit, Bandido! and I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges. The anthology also includes an introduction by noted theater critic Dr. Jorge Huerta of the University of California-San Diego. Luis Valdez, the most recognized and celebrated Hispanic playwright of our times, is the director of the... (more)
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The Rodrigo Chronicles: Conversations about America and Race
by Richard Delgado
Richard Delgado is one of the most evocative and forceful voices writing on the subject of race and law in America today. The New York Times has described him as a pioneer of critical race theory, the bold and provocative movement that, according to the Times "will be influencing the practice of law for years to come. " In The Rodrigo Chronicles , Delgado, adopting his trademark storytelling approach,... (more)
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Incredible Elfego Baca
Good Man, Bad Man of the Old West
by Howard Bryan
Elfego Baca (1865-1945), long considered one of New Mexico's most colorful and controversial figures, first achieved fame in 1884 as a 19 year old deputy sheriff who single-handedly fought off an estimated 80 bloodthirsty cowboys who fired a reported four thousands shots at him without effect during a two-day siege. That reputation stayed with him for the rest of his long and eventful life. Often using his... (more)
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Latinos: A Biography of the People
by Earl Shorris
They are sometimes called the people who died twice, once at the hands of the Spaniards and their brutal process of civilization, then at the hands of Anglos, practicing a subtler exploitation. They are Latinos, the fastest-growing minority in the United States. Earl Shorris's deeply moving narrative—enlivened by biographical sketches of Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, and many others struggling... (more)
Information: 20 Years of JodaJose Montoya
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Information: 20 Years of Joda
by Jose Montoya
The Fever of BeingLuis Alberto Urrea
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The Fever of Being
by Luis Alberto Urrea
poetry, Mexican-American, some Spanish texts
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Brand New Memory
by Elias M. Munoz
Gina Domingo lives in the world of California pop culture. Like Salinger's Holden Caulfield or the heroines of Joyce Carol Oates's Foxfire, Gina is a voice so engrossing in her perception of herself, her Cuban American family and friends--that we find ourselves mesmerized.
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Ghost Sickness: A Book of Poems
by Luis Alberto Urrea
poetry from Western States Book Award winner
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East Los Angeles
History of a Barrio
by Ricardo Romo
"Successfully debunks a number of misconceptions about the Mexicano experience in the United States. . . . The story of the East Los Angeles barrio is not a pleasant one, although it does contain glimpses of a stubborn and resilient people determined to fight for their way of life." --Social Science Quarterly ". . . incisive and original . . . a major contribution to urban history and the history of the... (more)
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Operation Wetback: The Mass Deportation of Mexican Undocumented Workers in 1954 (Contributions in Ethnic Studies)
by Juan Ramon Garci?a
“Operation Wetback is an informative, well-conceived book that advances the Mexican labor immigration story into the mid-1950s. Garcia has performed his task of analyzing this highly-charged issue with tact, balance, and commendable detachment.”– Labor History
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Just Another Poster?/Solo UN Cartel Mas?: Chicano Graphic Arts in California/Artes Graficas Chicanas En California
Just Another Poster? investigates the critical role posters and other graphic materials played in the Chicano struggle for self-determination in California, from the borderland of San Diego to the urban metropolis of San Francisco. This volume of essays by an interdisciplinary group of scholars and curators represents the first comprehensive study of the ways the poster, as a medium of expression largely relegated... (more)
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Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life
The cultural impact of new information and communication technologies has been a constant topic of debate, but questions of race and ethnicity remain a critical absence. TechniColor fills this gap by exploring the relationship between race and technology. From Indian H-1B Workers and Detroit techno music to karaoke and the Chicano interneta, TechniColor 's specific case studies document the ways in which... (more)
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