The Mexican American experience : an encyclopedia / Matt S. Meier and Margo Gutiérrez.
Mexican Americans are rapidly becoming the largest minority in the United States, playing a vital role in the culture of the American Southwest and beyond. This A-to-Z guide offers comprehensive coverage of the Mexican American experience. Entries range from figures such as Corky Gonzales, Joan Baez...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via ProQuest) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Corporate Author: | |
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2003.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | Mexican Americans are rapidly becoming the largest minority in the United States, playing a vital role in the culture of the American Southwest and beyond. This A-to-Z guide offers comprehensive coverage of the Mexican American experience. Entries range from figures such as Corky Gonzales, Joan Baez, and Nancy Lopez to general entries on bilingual education, assimilation, border culture, and southwestern agriculture. Court cases, politics, and events such as the Delano Grape Strike all receive full coverage, while the definitions and significance of terms such as coyote and Tejano are provided. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 456 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0313088608 9780313088605 0313316430 9780313316432 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |