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Memory, Community, and Activism : Mexican Migration and Labor in the Pacific Northwest
by Jerry Garcia and Gilberto Garcia
Overview
Memory, Community, and Activism is the first book-length study to critically examine the Mexican experience in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Many books deal with Chicano history, but few ever attempt to interpret or analyze it beyond the confines of the American Southwest. Eleven essays by leading scholars on the Mexican experience in the Northwest shed new light on immigration/migration, the Bracero program, the Catholic Church, race and race relations, Mexican culture, unionization, and Chicana feminism. This collection analyzes the Mexican experience from the early twentieth century to the present.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780870137709
- ISBN-10: 0870137700
- Publisher: Julian Samora Research Institute
- Publish Date: December 2005
- Dimensions: 8.94 x 6.1 x 0.83 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.24 pounds
- Page Count: 335
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