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RACE AND ETHNICITY / LATINO AND HISPANIC STUDIES

FORTHCOMING NEW FORTHCOMING

50 Events That U.S. Latino Issues Documents of the
Shaped Latino History Second Edition Chicano Movement
RODOLFO F. ACUÑA
An Encyclopedia of Eyewitness to History
the American Mosaic ROGER BRUNS

2 VOLUMES
LILIA FERNÁNDEZ, EDITOR

GREENWOOD
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Print: 978-1-4408-3762-3 “ Well suited for high school
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eBook: 978-1-4408-3763-0 Educators seeking ideas for This book provides a variety of original
student research and debate source documents—from first-hand
on immigration will also benefit accounts to media responses to legislative
What are the historical events most key texts—regarding the Chicano movement
to shaping Latino culture? This book from this recommended title. ” of the 1960s through 1970s that enable
provides detailed and broad coverage —ARBA, March 13, 2017 readers to better comprehend the key
of the 50 most pivotal developments A revision of the popular previous events, individuals, and developments
across more than 500 years’ time that edition published more than a decade of La Causa: Chicanos uniting to
have shaped the Latino experience, earlier, this work examines today’s U.S. free themselves of liberation from
offering primary sources, biographies of Latino population—now arguably the exploitation, oppression, and racism.
notable figures, and suggested readings most important “minority group” in
for further research. FEATURES
the country, with numbers well over 50
FEATURES million strong in an increasingly diverse • Presents compelling insights into how
numerous Chicano individuals during
• Offers scholarly analysis of critical and integrated America. the turbulent era of the 1960s–1970s
events in Latino/a history while FEATURES were inspired to stand up and fight
also providing in-depth primary against the social, cultural, and legal
sources, biographies, and evidence • Provides an insightful discussion of injustices suffered by Latinos in the
that provide additional historical minority status in the United States— United States for generations
perspective Latino or otherwise—that challenges
readers to reconsider their attitudes
about immigration, the value of ROGER BRUNS is a historian and
LILIA FERNÁNDEZ, PhD, is the Henry immigrants in American society, and former deputy executive director of the
Rutgers Term Chair in the Departments ethnocentrism National Historical Publications and
of Latino and Caribbean Studies and Records Commission at the National
History at Rutgers University, New Archives in Washington, DC.
Brunswick, NJ.
RODOLFO F. ACUÑA, PhD, professor
emeritus, received his doctorate from ALSO OF INTEREST
the University of Southern California in Check out more Eyewitness to History
Latin American studies.
series titles on page 14.
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