La gente : struggles for empowerment and community self-determination in Sacramento /
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 wor...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816541980 0816541981 9780816541133 0816541132 |