Mexicans in California : transformations and challenges /
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| Imprint: | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009. |
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| Description: | 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7714131 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Work and Poverty
- 1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California's New Economy
- 2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment
- Part II. Education and Achievement
- 3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School
- 4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses and University Admissions
- 5. Chicano Struggles for Racial Justice: The Movement's Contribution to Social Theory
- 6. "Lifting As We Climb": Educated Chicanas' Social Identities and Commitment to Social Action
- Part III. Culture and Self-Representation
- 7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration
- 8. Prime-Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television
- 9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Cancion Ranchera
- Part IV. Culture and Violence
- 10. Conflict Resolution and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexicans on Both Sides of the Border
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
