Becoming Mexican American Ethnicity, Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945

Name: Becoming Mexican American Ethnicity, Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945
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ISBN: 9780195069907

ISBN-10: 0195069900

ISBN-13: 9780195069907

Edition: 1993

Authors: George J. Sanchez

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Twentieth-century Los Angeles has been the locus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between variant cultures in American history. Yet this study is among the first to examine the relationship between ethnicity and identity among the largest immigrant group to that city. By focusing on Mexican immigrants to Los Angeles from 1900 to 1945, George J. Sanchez explores the process by which temporary sojourners altered their orientation to that of permanent residents, thereby laying the foundation for a new Mexican-American culture. Analyzing not only formal programs aimed at these newcomers by the United States and Mexico, but also the world created by these immigrants through…

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List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/23/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.56" long x 1.37" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 3
Farewell Homeland	p. 17
Across the Dividing Line	p. 38
Newcomers in the City of the Angels	p. 63
Americanization and the Mexican Immigrant	p. 87
The """"New Nationalism,"""" Mexican Style	p. 108
Family Life and the Search for Stability	p. 129
The Sacred and the Profane: Religious Adaptations	p. 151
Familiar Sounds of Change: Music and the Growth of Mass Culture	p. 171
Workers and Consumers: a Community Emerges	p. 188
Where is Home?: the Dilemma of Repatriation	p. 209
Forging a New Politics of Opposition	p. 227
The Rise of the Second Generation	p. 253
Conclusion	p. 271
Appendix: On Sources	p. 275
Notes	p. 277
Bibliography	p. 327
Index	p. 351
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