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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458007403321

Autore

Sanchez George J

Titolo

Becoming Mexican American : ethnicity, culture, and identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 / / George J. Sánchez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1993

ISBN

1-283-11332-5

9786613113320

0-19-976223-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

305.8687

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions

Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - Ethnic identity

Ethnicity - California - Los Angeles

Electronic books.

Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 laying the foundation for a new Mexican-American culture. Analyzing not only formal programs aimed at these