José Vasconcelos: The Prophet of Race

by Ilan Stavans and José Vasconcelos

Mexican educator and thinker Jose Vasconcelos is to Latinos what W.E.B. Du Bois is to African Americans a controversial scholar who fostered an alternative view of the future. In Jos Vasconcelos: The Prophet of Race, his influential 1925 essay, "Mestizaje" key to understanding the role he played in the shaping of multiethnic America--is for the first time showcased and properly analyzed. Freshly translated here by John H. R. Polt, "Mestizaje"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813550645
• ISBN13: 9780813550640
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"