
The Chicano Experience
An Alternative Perspective
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282 pages, 6.00 x 9.00
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Paperback | 9780268007492 | February 1985
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eBook (Web PDF) | 9780268087180 | February 2014
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eBook (EPUB) | 9780268086961 | February 2014
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Description
Mirandé offers a detailed examination of Chicano social history and culture that includes studies of: Chicano labor and the economy; the Mexican immigrant and the U.S.-Mexico border conflict; the evolution of Chicano criminality; the American educational system and its impact on Chicano culture; the tensions between the institutional Church and Chicanos; and the myths and misconceptions of "machismo."