My People First!

Name: My People First!
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ISBN: 9780520230187

ISBN-10: 0520230183

ISBN-13: 9780520230187

Edition: 2002

Authors: Ernesto Chï¿½vez, Ernesto Chï¿½vez

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Mi Raza Primero! is the first book to examine the Chicano movement's development in one locale--in this case Los Angeles, home of the largest population of people of Mexican descent outside of Mexico City. Ernesto Chaacute;vez focuses on four organizations that constituted the heart of the movement: The Brown Berets, the Chicano Moratorium Committee, La Raza Unida Party, and the Centro de Accioacute;n Social Autoacute;nomo, commonly known as CASA. Chaacute;vez examines and chronicles the ideas and tactics of the insurgency's leaders and their followers who, while differing in their goals and tactics, nonetheless came together as Chicanos and reformers. Deftly combining personal…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/24/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 183
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Ernesto Chï¿½vez is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas, El Paso.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: "Those Times of Revolution"



"A Movable Object Meeting an Irresistible Force": Los Angeles's Ethnic Mexican Community in the 1950s and Early 1960s



"Birth of A New Symbol": The Brown Berets



"Chale No, We Won't Go!": The Chicano Moratorium Committee



"The Voice of the Chicano People": La Raza Unida Party



"Un Pueblo Sin Fronteras": The Centro de Accioacute;n Social Autoacute;nomo (CASA) Afterword: "Why Are We Not Marching Like in the '70s?"


Notes


Bibliography


Index