Listen Chicano! An Informal History of the Mexican-American

Listen Chicano! An Informal History of the Mexican-American by Manual A Machado Jr. Published by Needle Library, New York, NY, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardbound in Glassine Protected DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good DJ. Discarded Library Book. 196 Pgs. ISBN 0882292587. LCCN 77-16650. Foreword by Barry M Goldwater, US Senator, Arizona. Illustrations by Joseph Wortman. Among the topics covered in this book are the War of 1848, in which Mexico lost over half its territory, the California Goldrush, in which many Mexican-Americans were dispossessed from their land, the 1914 incursion of US troops into Mexico in pursuit of the revolutionary leader Zapata, the exploitation of Mexican-Americans during the Great Depression, and the struggles of Cesar Chavez to organize farmworkers during the last decade. Throughout the book, the author argues passionately for the preservation of Mexican-American culture in the face of continuous pressures by academics and politicians for its destruction in the name of assimilation. Description text copyright 2006 BooksForComfort. Item ID 10873.