Bøger i Latinos in American Society and Culture serien

Challenging the long-cherished notion of legal objectivity in the United States, this title argues that Chicano history has been consistently shaped by racially biased, combative legal interactions. It examines the process by which Chicanos have become associated with criminality in both our legal institutions and our mainstream popular culture.

Who is Bert Corona? Though not readily identified by most Americans, nor indeed by many Mexican Americans, Corona is a man of enormous political commitment whose activism has spanned much of this century. This is an autobiography of Bert Corona.

In June 1943, the city of Los Angeles was wrenched apart by the worst rioting it had seen to that point in the twentieth century. This book examines the history of the relationship between the Los Angeles Police Department and the Mexican American community from the turn of the century to the era of the Zoot Suit Riots.

This study of the employment of Mexicans as labourers in the USA between World War I and the Great Depression relates the social and economic experiences of the Mexican workers. It describes the roles of women, the Catholic church and labour unions.

This is a study of Puerto Rican music in New York, exploring the relationship between the social history and forms of cultural expression of Puerto Ricans. The book integrates the experiences of the mostly working-class musicians who struggled to make a living during this period.