Mexican Americans

  • Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority
    Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority
    By Peter Skerry

    ... 329 Efforts ( VOICE ) , 182 , 205 , Will , George , 369 206-207 Wilson , James Q. , 143 , 151 , 220 , 252 , Velásquez , Willie , 8 , 9 , 10 , 116 , 118 , 328 , 404n16 , 409n3 , 433n46 280 , 305 , 324 Wilson , Pete , 372 Villanueva ...

  • Mexican Americans
    Mexican Americans
    By Michael J. Schroeder

    ... (bra- cero translates as “helping hand”). The agreement called for a certain number of Mexican agricultural workers (braceros) to enter the United States each year. When they completed their contracts, they would return to Mexico.

  • Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology, and Identity, 1930-1960
    Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology, and Identity, 1930-1960
    By Mario T. García

    I wish to thank my other mentor at UC San Diego , Michael Parrish as well as Richard Garc1a ; Carlos Cortes ; Oscar Martinez ; the late Ralph Guzman ; Rudolfo Acuna ; Guadalupe San Miguel ; Robert Kelley ; and Elliot Brownlee .

  • Mexican Americans: The Roots of Identity
    Mexican Americans: The Roots of Identity
    By David T. Anderson

    Mexican Americans: The Roots of Identity

  • Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology & Identity, 1930-1960
    By Mario T. García, Mario T.. Garcia

    Between 1930 and 1960, a new political generation of community leaders emerged out of the expanding Mexican-American barrios of the Southwest and organized the first significant civil rights movement by Mexican Americans in the US. Garcia's ...

  • Mexican Americans
    Mexican Americans
    By Scott Ingram

    Describes why many Mexicans immigrated to the United States and how they adapted to their new environment.

  • Mexican Americans: Past, Present, and Future
    By Julian Nava

    Traces the history of Mexicans in the United States and describes their social, political, and cultural contributions to their new country. Includes a brief history of Mexico.