The Chicano Experience

An Alternative Perspective

Author: Alfredo Mirandé
ISBN: 0268007497

Alfredo Mirandé offers a detailed examination of Chicano social history and culture that includes studies of: Chicano labor and the economy; the Mexican immigrant and the U.S.-Mexico border conflict; the evolution of Chicano criminality; the American educational system and its impact on Chicano culture; the tensions between the institutional Church and Chicanos; and the myths and misconceptions of "machismo."

Publisher: University of Indiana Press
Publish Date: 1985

Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General, Social Science / Minority Studies, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall C, Shelf 5)