03483nam 2200709Ia 450 991080913650332120200520144314.01-59734-850-30-520-93799-61-4175-8512-910.1525/9780520937994(CKB)1000000000030664(EBL)227322(OCoLC)614781268(SSID)ssj0000232792(PQKBManifestationID)11206471(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232792(PQKBWorkID)10214135(PQKB)10611671(MiAaPQ)EBC227322(Au-PeEL)EBL227322(CaPaEBR)ebr10076808(DE-B1597)648006(DE-B1597)9780520937994(EXLCZ)99100000000003066420040802d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr!Raza si! !guerra no! Chicano protest and patriotism during the Viet Nam war era /Lorena Oropeza1st ed.Berkeley, Calif. University of California Pressc20051 online resource (297 p.)Based on author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University.0-520-24195-9 0-520-22511-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Terminology; Introduction; Chapter One: "To Be Better and More Loyal Citizens" A Tradition of Mexican American Activism; Chapter Two: "New Wind from the Southwest" Questioning a Political Tradition; Chapter Three: "Branches of the Same Tree" Aztlán and Viet Nam; Chapter Four: "I'd Rather Have My Sons Die for La Raza . . . than in Vietnam" The Making of a Moratorium; Chapter Five: "A Common Goal" The Chicano Moratorium March of August 1970; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis incisive and elegantly written examination of Chicano antiwar mobilization demonstrates how the pivotal experience of activism during the Viet Nam War era played itself out among Mexican Americans. Raza Sil Guerra No! presents an engaging portrait of Chicano protest and patriotism. On a deeper level, the book considers larger themes of American nationalism and citizenship and the role of minorities in the military service, themes that remain pertinent today. Lorena Oropeza's exploration of the evolution, political trajectory, and eventual implosion of the Chicano campaign against the warMexican AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryMexican AmericansPolitics and government20th centuryPatriotismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryVietnam War, 1961-1975Protest movementsCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryProtest movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMexican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryMexican AmericansPolitics and governmentPatriotismHistoryVietnam War, 1961-1975Protest movements.Civil rights movementsHistoryProtest movementsHistory323.1168/72073/09046Oropeza Lorena1964-1594838MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809136503321Raza si! !guerra no3915539UNINA