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Chicanos' today in america

Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:07:39
Category: / History
Length: 3 pages (830 words)
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<Tab/>Chapter nine's focus in Vigil's From Indians to Chicanos is on the breakup and transformation of the social order. It is broken down into the Civil Rights Ferment, the 1960s Chicano Movement, and concludes with the 1970s and beyond. With some more emphasized than others, Vigil applies each of the "6 C's" in this chapter. The initial factors will be on the first three—Class, Culture, and Color. Many fought …

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…Used Castro, Tony. Chicano Power: The Emergence of Mexican America. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1974. Maciel, David R., and Isidro D. Ortiz. Chicanas/Chicanos at the Crossroads: Social, Economic, and Political Change. Tucson: Tucson UP, 1996. Maciel, David R., and Maria Herrera-Sobek. Culture Across Borders: Mexican Immigration & Popular Culture. Tuscon: Tuscon UP, 1998. Vigil, James Diego. From Indians to Chicanos: The Dynamics of Mexican-American Culture. 2nd Ed. Illinois: Waveland Press, Inc., 1998.

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