The Mexican American experience : an interdisciplinary anthology /
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| Language: | English |
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Austin, Tex. :
University of Texas Press, Austin,
1985.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction and overview. The origins and development of the Mexican American people / S. Dale McLemore and Ricardo Romo
- The psychic-historical and socioeconomic development of the Chicano community in the United States / Rodolfo Alvarez
- The Mexican origin population in the United States : a demographic overview / Frank D. Bean, Elizabeth H. Stephen, and Wolfgang Opitz
- II. Labor market experiences in the Mexican origin population. An introductory overview / Frank D. Bean, Ruth M. Cullen, and Elizabeth H. Stephen
- The impact of the Great Depression on immigrant Mexican labor : repatriation of the Bridgeport, Texas, coal miners / R. Reynolds McKay
- Changing patterns of undocumented Mexican migration to South Texas / Richard C. Jones
- The wage structure of Hispanic men : implications for policy / Cordelia W. Reimers
- Earnings differentials between Mexican American, Black, and white male workers / Naomi Turner Verdugo and Richard R. Verdugo
- The comparative salary position of Mexican American college graduates in business / Larry E. Penley, Sam Gould, and Lynda Y. De La Vina
- Immigration and perceptions of economic deprivation among working-class Mexican American men / Michael V. Miller and Avelardo Valdez
- Mexican Americans and employment inequality in the federal civil service / Patricia A. Taylor and Susan Walker Shields
- Sex-role attitudes and labor force participation among young Hispanic females and non-Hispanic white females / Vilma Ortiz and Rosemary Santana Cooney.
- III. Political participation, organizational development, and institutional responsiveness. Introduction / F. Chris Garcia, Rodolfo O. De La Garza, and Donald J. Torres
- Americans all : the Mexican American generation and the politics of wartime Los Angeles, 1941-45 / Mario T. Garcia
- Ethnicity and electoral choice : Mexican American voting behavior in the California 30th Congressional District / Bruce E. Cain and D. Roderick Kiewiet
- Attitudes toward undocumented workers : the Mexican American perspective / Lawrence W. Miller, Jerry L. Polinard, and Robert D. Wrinkle
- The political socialization of Chicano elites : a generational approach / Rodolfo O. De La Garza and David Vaughan
- Hispanic representation in the U.S. Congress / Susan Welch and John R. Hibbing
- Conflict and controversy in the evolution of bilingual education in the United States : an interpretation / Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr.
- A legal voice for the Chicano community : the activities of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 1968-82 / Karen O'Connor and Lee Epstein
- Dismissal, conviction, and incarceration of Hispanic defendants : a comparison with Anglos and Blacks / Susan Welch, John Gruhl, and Cassia Spohn
- Ethnicity and justice in the Southwest : the sentencing of Anglo, Black, and Mexican origin defendants / Malcolm D. Holmes and Howard C. Daudistel.
- IV. The social and cultural context of the Mexican American experience in the United States. Introduction / Ricardo Romo and Harriett Romo
- On the nature of Latino ethnicity / Felix M. Padilla
- Shifts to English as usual language by Americans of Spanish mother tongue / Gilles Grenier
- Language, education, and the socioeconomic achievement of Hispanic origin men / Marta Tienda and Lisa J. Neidert
- The Mexican origin population's differing perceptions of their children's schooling / Harriet Romo
- Mexican American intermarriage in a nonmetropolitan context / Ralph B. Cazares, Edward Murguia, and W. Parker Frisbie
- Change and continuity in Mexican American religious behavior : a three-generation study / Kyriakos S. Markides and Thomas Cole
- The health of the Mexican origin population / Ronald Angel.