Raymond L. Telles was the first Mexican American mayor of a major U.S. city. Elected mayor of El Paso in 1957 and serving for two terms, he went on to become the first Mexican American ambassador in U
Latinos are already the largest minority group in the United States, and experts estimate that by 2050, one out of three Americans will identify as Latino. Though their population and influence are st
In The Chicano Generation, veteran Chicano civil rights scholar Mario T. Garcia provides a rare look inside the struggles of the 1960s and 1970s as they unfolded in Los Angeles.Based on in-depth inter
Taking us from the open spaces of rural New Mexico and the fields of California's Great Central Valley to the intellectual milieu of student life in Berkeley during the 1950s, this memoir, based on an
This single-volume book provides students, educators, and politicians with an update to the classic Carey McWilliams workNorth From Mexico. It provides up-to-date information on the Chicano experience
This single-volume book provides students, educators, and politicians with an update to the classic Carey McWilliams workNorth From Mexico. It provides up-to-date information on the Chicano experience