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Author Acuña, Rodolfo, author

Title Assault on Mexican American collective memory, 2010-2015 : swimming with sharks / Rodolfo F. Acuña
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 278 pages)
Series Latinos and American politics
Latinos and American politics.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Fighting for Memory; 2 Are We Going to Win? The Changing of the Guard; 3 Coming Apart; 4 Lost Dreams; 5 The Silencing of the Lambs; 6 The Sharks Are Circling; 7 On the Edge of the Cliff; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Summary This book puts recent events in the Southwestern United States into historical context, exploring how and why powerful elites are laying an assault on the history and identity of Mexican Americans and Latinos. It argues that neoliberalism and the privatization of schools and higher education drives this phenomenon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-261) and index
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Subject Mexican Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Children of immigrants -- Government policy -- United States
Social justice and education -- United States
Racism -- Southwestern States -- History -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Social justice and education
Diplomatic relations
Race relations
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions
Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity
Racism
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico
Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States
Southwestern States -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century
Subject United States -- Southwestern States
Mexico
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021677905
ISBN 9781498548243
1498548245