Raza Si, Guerra No Chicano Protest and Patriotism During the Viet Nam War Era

Name: Raza Si, Guerra No Chicano Protest and Patriotism During the Viet Nam War Era
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ISBN: 9780520241954

ISBN-10: 0520241959

ISBN-13: 9780520241954

Edition: 2005

Authors: Lorena Oropeza

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This incisive and elegantly written examination of Chicano antiwar mobilization demonstrates how the pivotal experience of activism during the Viet Nam War era played itself out among Mexican Americans.Raza Siacute;! Guerra No!presents an engaging portrait of Chicano protest and patriotism. On a deeper level, the book considers larger themes of American nationalism and citizenship and the role of minorities in the military service, themes that remain pertinent today. Lorena Oropeza's exploration of the evolution, political trajectory, and eventual implosion of the Chicano campaign against the war in Viet Nam encompasses a fascinating meditation on Mexican Americans' political and cultural…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/25/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Lorena Oropeza is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Note on Terminology


Introduction



"To Be Better and More Loyal Citizens": A Tradition of Mexican American Activism



"New Wind from the Southwest": Questioning a Political Tradition



"Branches of the Same Tree": Aztlan and Viet Nam



"I'd Rather Have My Sons Die for La Raza . . . than in Vietnam": The Making of a Moratorium



"A Common Goal": The Chicano Moratorium March of August 1970 Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index