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Author Meier, Matt S.

Title The Mexican American experience : an encyclopedia / Matt S. Meier and Margo GutiƩrrez
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 456 pages) : illustrations
Contents Administration, academic -- Administration, government -- Agriculture -- Bilingualism -- Border -- Business / Commerce -- Civic Leadership -- Civil Rights -- Community -- Discrimination -- Education, classroom -- Education, scholarship -- Engineering -- Finance -- Fine arts -- Immigration -- Journalism / Publishing -- Labor -- Land grant issues -- Law / legal cases -- Legislation -- Literature, poetry -- Literature, prose -- Medicine -- Migration -- Military -- Movimiento -- Organizations -- Performing arts -- Politics / government -- Religion -- Science -- Social activism -- Sports -- Terminology
Summary Mexican Americans are rapidly becoming the largest minority in the United States, playing a vital role in the culture of the American Southwest and beyond. This A-to-Z guide offers comprehensive coverage of the Mexican American experience. Entries range from figures such as Corky Gonzales, Joan Baez, and Nancy Lopez to general entries on bilingual education, assimilation, border culture, and southwestern agriculture. Court cases, politics, and events such as the Delano Grape Strike all receive full coverage, while the definitions and significance of terms such as coyote and Tejano are provided
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Mexican Americans -- Encyclopedias
Mexican Americans -- Southwest, New -- Encyclopedias
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Mexican Americans
New Southwest
Chicanos.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias
Form Electronic book
Author GutiƩrrez, Margo.
Greenwood Press
LC no. 2003052845
ISBN 0313088608
9780313088605
0313316430
9780313316432
1282419544
9781282419544
9786612419546
6612419547