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Latino Social Movements: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Latino Social Movements Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

Edited By Rodolfo D. Torres, George Katsiaficas Copyright 1999
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge
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Latinos make up the fastest growing population segment in the US, and by the middle of the next century, they will outnumber all other minority groups combined. Even more significant is the fact that within a few years, Latinos will number more than a quarter of the nation's work force; this is more than three times their proportion in the general population. Latino Social Movements discusses... Read more
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION, Rodolfo D. Torres, George Katsiaficas; Chapter 2 Anti-Colonial Chicana Feminism, Teresa Córdova; Chapter 3 Lessons from el Barrio—The East Harlem Real Great Society/Urban Planning Studio: A Puerto Rican Chapter in the Fight for Urban Self-Determination, Luis Aponte-Parés; Chapter 4 Boricuas, African Americans, and Chicanos in the Far West: Notes on the Puerto Rican Pro-Independence Movement in California, 1960s–1980s1, Victor M. Rodriguez; Chapter 5 The 1933 Los Angeles County Farm Workers Strike, Gilbert G. González; Chapter 6 Latino Immigrant Workers in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry, Edna Bonacich; Chapter 7 Latino Politics—Class Struggles: Reflections on the Future of Latino Politics, Martha E. Gimenez; Chapter 8 The Cloning of La Raza Unida Part y for the Twenty-first Century: Electoral Pragmatism or Misguided Nostalgia?, Richard Santillan;

Biography

Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Chicano Studies and Public Policy at California State University, Long Beach and Visiting Professor of Education and Social Policy at the University of California, Irvine. He is co-editor of Latinos and Education (Routledge, 1997) and New American Destinies (Routledge, 1996), and co-author of Latino Metropolis (forthcoming 199x). George Katsiaficas is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Wentworth Institute of Technology and Editor of the New Political Science journal. He is author of The Subversion of Politics: European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life.

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