Beyond Aztlan: Ethnic Autonomy in Comparative Perspective

by Mario Barrera

Book Overview

Beyond Aztlan argues that American society has historically viewed a distinctive cultural identity as something that an ethnic group gives up in order to achieve economic and political parity.

Mexican Americans, who have scored limited gains in their struggle for equality since the 194Os, are proving to be no exception to the rule. Mario Barrera in this provocative volume compares the situation of Mexican Americans to that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026804855X
• ISBN13: 9780268048556
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"