Product Description: Mexico and Mexicans have been involved in every aspect of making the United States from colonial times until the present. Yet our shared history is a largely untold story, eclipsed by headlines about illegal immigration and the drug war...read more

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Superman must defeat the alien super-villain Mongul, who is on a mission to take over the Earth.

Product Description: Latinos in the U.S. are a major political, economic, and cultural force which is changing the national identity of this country. In fact, statistics show that by the year 2100, half of the United States population may be Latino. And two of every three of America's Latinos are Mexican...read more

Authored by one of the most influential and highly-regarded voices of Chicano history and ethnic studies, Occupied America is the most definitive introduction to Chicano history.  This comprehensive overview of Chicano history is passionately written and extensively researched.  With a concise and engaged narrative, and timelines that give students a context for pivotal events in Chicano history, Occupied America illuminates the struggles and decisions that frame Chicano identity today. 

Traces the history of the Mexican American community in the southwest from the earliest Spanish explorers to the 1990s, and argues that most strove to be law-abiding in spite of discrimination.

A thoughtful study of the America's largest immigrant group reflects on the complexities of Mexican-American heritage and ethnic synthesis, as well as on the long-term cultural, economic, and political influence of Mexican Americans in terms of the character of America.

At the time of its initial publication in 1904, The Higher Learning in America was known in educated circles as the most reflective study ever made of the university system in America. Veblen's evaluation of the misleading notions and erroneous beliefs were inherent in "the higher learning" was received as fair by most academics. As a result, many believed he paved the way to an improved age in college education. Just as applicable today as they were decades ago, his sophisticated style remains deprecatingly amusing; his biting critique just as disquieting as it was at the turn of the 19th century. The Higher Learning in America remains a penetrating book by one of America's greatest social critics. American economist and sociologist THORSTEIN BUNDE VEBLEN (1857-1929) was educated at Carleton College, Johns Hopkins University and Yale University. He coined the phrase "conspicuous consumption." Among his most famous works are The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904), and Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution (1915).

Explores the world of Mexican Americans, describing why some chose to immigrate to the United States and the struggles they face in adapting to a new culture while retaining their own.

Product Description: Winner of the 2006 Thomas J. Lyon Book Award in Western American Literary Studies, presented by the Western Literature AssociationIn The Emergence of Mexican America, John-Michael Rivera examines the cultural, political, and legal representations of Mexican Americans and the development of US capitalism and nationhood...read more

[TofC cont.] Struggle and strife, social conditions of Mexican Americans, 1910-1917: Reverend Pedro Grado addresses El Congreso Mexicanista, 1911; Mexican immigrant women in El Paso, Texas / M.T. Garcia -- Mexican immigrant experience, 1917-1928: Anita Edgar Jones surveys Mexican life in Chicago, 1928; Mexican immigrants in the Midwest / Z. Vargas -- Mexican Americans in the Great Depression, 1929-1941 -- Mexican Americans and World War II, 1941-1945 -- Mexican Americans in the Cold War years, 1945-1960 -- Struggle for Chicano power, 1965-1974 -- Gaining of power, Chicano political empowerment, 1964-1980 -- Chicano experience in contemporary America.'... documents the presence of the largest Spanish-speaking Latino subgroup in the United States while it marks its contributions to the nation's life. The primary aim of this volume is to illustrate the Chicano experience from as many vantage points as possible, and with as many Chicano views as possible. The documents and essays gathered [in this book] invite readers to see Chicanos in their everyday life and in their organizational life'--Pref.

Product Description: This, the first book on Latinos in America from an urban planning/policy perspective, covers the last century, and includes a substantial historical overview the subject. The authors trace the movement of Latinos (primarily Chicanos) into American cities from Mexico and then describe the problems facing them in those cities...read more

Presents a series of essays on the experiences of Mexicans who have migrated to the United States, discussing aspects of Mexican history, the rise of the chicano movement, and current issues of racism and assimilation.

A history of the Mexican Americans in the U.S., including Indian Mexico, La Conquista, the loss of Aztlan, the Mexican Revolution, Cesar Chavez and Mexican labor in the southwest and Los Chicanos.

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Explores the history of Mexican immigration to what is now the United States, and looks at the contributions of Mexican Americans to the culture of their new country.

Offers a brief look at Mexico's history, culture, and land; describes the reason for migrating to the United States; and analyzes the adjustment process of immigrants. (view table of contents)

Filled with fascinating insights into the nature of race and culture among Mexican Americans, the author explores the inter-racial dynamic that brought Indians, blacks, and whites together in North America. (view table of contents)

Discusses the history of the Mexican people, including the arrival of the Spanish, the migration of Mexicans to the United States, and various movements for equal rights. (view table of contents)