Becoming Mexican American Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945
by Sanchez, George J.Edition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 1995-03-23
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
Twentieth century Los Angeles has been the focus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between distinct cultures in U.S. history. In this pioneering study, Sanchez explores how Mexican immigrants "Americanized" themselves in order to fit in, thereby losing part of their own culture.
Author Biography
George J. Sanchez in Associate Professor of History, University of Southern California.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Farewell Homeland | p. 17 |
| Across the Dividing Line | p. 38 |
| Newcomers in the City of the Angels | p. 63 |
| Americanization and the Mexican Immigrant | p. 87 |
| The """"New Nationalism,"""" Mexican Style | p. 108 |
| Family Life and the Search for Stability | p. 129 |
| The Sacred and the Profane: Religious Adaptations | p. 151 |
| Familiar Sounds of Change: Music and the Growth of Mass Culture | p. 171 |
| Workers and Consumers: a Community Emerges | p. 188 |
| Where is Home?: the Dilemma of Repatriation | p. 209 |
| Forging a New Politics of Opposition | p. 227 |
| The Rise of the Second Generation | p. 253 |
| Conclusion | p. 271 |
| Appendix: On Sources | p. 275 |
| Notes | p. 277 |
| Bibliography | p. 327 |
| Index | p. 351 |
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