Chicano Politics: Reality and Promise 1940-1990

by Juan Gómez-Quiñones

Book Overview

This political history of Mexican Americans analyzes and interprets the last fifty years in the movimiento . Written by a leading Chicano historian who spent many years as an activist, this study evolved from Juan G mez-Qui ones's participation and reflection. Examined are the leaders and organizations that waged struggles for political rights as well as the evolution of their goals and strategies. Beginning in the 1940s, Mexican Americans viewed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826312136
• ISBN13: 9780826312136
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

He gets strait to the point

This is how all books should be like. It's too bad high schools don't use books like this one. Gomez-Quinones doesn't sugarcoat anything in his book.

He tells it like it is

This book is written on facts. I highly recommend it to others.