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Author Sanchez, George J.

Title Becoming Mexican American : ethnicity, culture, and identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 / George J. Sánchez.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [1993]
©1993
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.86872 S211B    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.86872 S211B c.2  Check Shelf
Description xiv, 367 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction -- Part One. Crossing borders : Farewell homeland -- Across the dividing line -- Newcomers in the City of Angels -- Part Two. Divided loyalties : Americanizartion and the Mexican immigrant -- The 'New Nationalism, ' Mexican style -- Part Three. Shifting homelands : Family life and the search for stability -- The sacred and the profane : Religious adaptations -- Familiar sounds of change : Music and the growth of mass culture -- Workers and consumers : A community emerges -- Part Four. Ambivalent Americanism : Where is home? The dilemma of repatriation -- Forging a new politics of opposition -- The rise of the second generation -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-349) and index.
Subject Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions.
Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Ethnic identity.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions.
Ethnicity -- California -- Los Angeles.
Indexed Term Ethnic groups
California
ISBN 0195069900 alkaline paper
9780195069907 alkaline paper
0195096487
9780195096484
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