The Chicano Movement Perspectives from the Twenty-First Century [Hardcover]

The largest social movement by people of Mexican descent in the U.S. to date, the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 70s linked civil rights activism with a new, assertive ethnic identity: Chicano Power! Beginning with the farmworkers' struggle led by C?sar Ch?vez and Dolores Huerta, the Movement expanded to urban areas throughout the Southwest, Midwest and Pacific Northwest, as a generation of self-proclaimed Chicanos fought to empower their communities. Recently, a new generation of historians has produced an explosion of interesting work on the Movement.

The Chicano Movement: Perspectives from the Twenty-First Centurycollects the various strands of this research into one readable collection, exploring the contours of the Movement while disputing the idea of it being one monolithic group. Bringing the story up through the 1980s, The Chicano Movementintroduces students to the impact of the Movement, and enables them to expand their understanding of what it means to be an activist, a Chicano, and an American.

Acknowledgements

Foreword: The Chicano Movement: Does Anyone Care about What Happened 40 Years Ago?
Jorge Mariscal

Introduction: The Chicano Movement and Chicano Historiography
Mario T. Garc?a

1. All I Want is that He Be Punished : Border Patrol Violence, Womens Voices and Chicano Activism in Early 1970s San Diego
Jimmy Pati?o

2. Reinscribing the Voices of La Gentein the Narrative of the Chicano Movement
Lorena V. M?rquez

3. Hoo-ray Gonzales! Civil Rights Protest and Chicano Politics in Bakersfield, 1965-1974
Oliver Rosales

4. Alicia Escalante, The Chicana Welfare Rights OrganizationlÈ