El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition

by David E. Hayes-Bautista

Book Overview

Why is Cinco de Mayo--a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862--so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As David E. Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American one, created by Latinos in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Hayes-Bautista shows how the meaning of Cinco de Mayo has shifted over time--it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520272137
• ISBN13: 9780520272132
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"