La Gente: Struggles for Empowerment and Community Self-Determination in Sacramento

by Lorena V. Márquez

La Gente traces the rise of the Chicana/o Movement in Sacramento and the role of everyday people in galvanizing a collective to seek lasting and transformative change during the 1960s and 1970s. In their efforts to be self-determined, la gente contested multiple forms of oppression at school, at work sites, and in their communities.

Though diverse in their cultural and generational backgrounds, la gente were constantly negotiating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816541132
• ISBN13: 9780816541133
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"