Migrant Daughter Coming of Age As a Mexican American Woman

Name: Migrant Daughter Coming of Age As a Mexican American Woman
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ISBN: 9780520219151

ISBN-10: 0520219155

ISBN-13: 9780520219151

Edition: 2000

Authors: Frances Esquibel Tywoniak, Mario T. Garcï¿½a, Mario T. Garcï¿½a

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Taking us from the open spaces of rural New Mexico and the fields of California's Great Central Valley to the intellectual milieu of student life in Berkeley during the 1950s, this memoir, based on an oral history by Mario T. Garciacute;a, is the powerful and movingtestimonioof a young Mexican American woman's struggle to rise out of poverty.Migrant Daughteris the coming-of-age story of Frances Esquibel Tywoniak, who was born in Spanish-speaking New Mexico, moved with her family to California during the Depression to attend school and work as a farm laborer, and subsequently won a university scholarship, becoming one of the few Mexican Americans to attend the University of California,…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/17/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 267
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




My Roots in New Mexico



Moving on to a New Life in California



Migrant Souls



Discovering the Limits of the Barrio in Junior High



Joining the High School Track to Success



Scholarship Girl



Off to College



Settling into the Berkeley Ambiance



New Vistas and New Connections


Postscript