La Familia: Chicano Families in the Urban Southwest, 1848 to the Present

by Richard Griswold del Castillo

Book Overview

In detailed historical analyses of Mexican immigration, economic class struggle, intermarriage, urbanization and industrialization, regional differences, and discrimination and prejudice, La Familia demonstrates how such social and economic factors have contributed to the contemporary diversity of the Mexican-American family. By comparing their family experience with those of European immigrants, he discloses important dimensions of Mexican-American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268012725
• ISBN13: 9780268012724
• Release Date: February 1985
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"