The Chicano Experience

by Alfredo Mirande

Book Overview

Mirand? offers a detailed examination of Chicano social history and culture that includes studies of: Chicano labor and the economy; the Mexican immigrant and the U.S.-Mexico border conflict; the evolution of Chicano criminality; the American educational system and its impact on Chicano culture; the tensions between the institutional Church and Chicanos; and the myths and misconceptions of machismo.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268007497
• ISBN13: 9780268007492
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"