Mi Raza Primero, My People First: Nationalism, Identity, and Insurgency in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles, 1966-1978

by Ernesto Chávez

Book Overview

Mi Raza Primero is the first book to examine the Chicano movement's development in one locale--in this case Los Angeles, home of the largest population of people of Mexican descent outside of Mexico City. Ernesto Chavez focuses on four organizations that constituted the heart of the movement: The Brown Berets, the Chicano Moratorium Committee, La Raza Unida Party, and the Centro de Accion Social Autonomo, commonly known as CASA. Chavez examines and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520230175
• ISBN13: 9780520230170
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.4"