Claiming Citizenship Mexican Americans in Victoria, Texas |
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| Author:
| Quiroz, Anthony |
| Series title: | Fronteras Series, Sponsored by Texas a&M International University Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60344-986-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2013 |
| Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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Spotlights a community where Mexican Americans, regardless of social class, embraced a common ideology and worked for access to the full rights of citizenship without confrontation or radicalization. Focusing on grassroots, Anthony Quiroz shows how the experience of the Mexican American citizens of Victoria challenges common assumptions about the power of class to inform ideology.
Spotlights a community where Mexican Americans, regardless of social class, embraced a common ideology and worked for access to the full rights of citizenship without confrontation or radicalization. Focusing on grassroots, Anthony Quiroz shows how the experience of the Mexican American citizens of Victoria challenges common assumptions about the power of class to inform ideology.