Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945
by George J. Sanchez
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Twentieth-century Los Angeles has been the locus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between variant cultures in American history. Yet this study is among the first to examine the relationship between ethnicity and identity among the largest immigrant group to that city. By focusing on Mexican immigrants to Los Angeles from 1900 to 1945, George J. Sanchez explores the process by which temporary sojourners altered their orientation to that of permanent residents, thereby show more laying the foundation for a new Mexican-American culture. Analyzing not only formal programs aimed at these show lessTags
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- Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles County, California, USA; California, USA
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- Nonfiction, Anthropology, History, General Nonfiction
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- 305.868 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Ethnic and national groups People who speak, or whose ancestors spoke, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician Spanish Americans
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- F869 .L89 .M57 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history California
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