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Mexicans in the United States: History, Evolution, and Transformation

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LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. Edited by CAMARILLOALBERT. (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1986. Pp. 332. $32.50.)
GRINGO JUSTICE. By MIRANDEALFREDO. (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1987. Pp. 234. $19.95.)
THE ZOOT-SUIT RIOTS: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SYMBOLIC ANNIHILATION. By MAZONMAURICIO. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984. Pp. 163. $12.95.)

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Christine Marie Sierra
Christine Marie Sierra*
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , 1989 , pp. 218 - 230
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Copyright © 1989 by the University of Texas Press

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Notes

1. The term Latino is used interchangeably with the term Hispanic to refer to all Spanish-origin groups in the United States. The terms Mexican American and Chicano are used interchangeably to refer to individuals of Mexican origin in the United States.

2. A good overview of the Latino population that emphasizes subgroup differences is found in Joan Moore and Harry Pachon, Hispanics in the United States (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1985).

3. See Felix M. Padilla, Latino Ethnic Consciousness: The Case of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans in Chicago (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1985); and Padilla, “On the Nature of Latino Ethnicity,” in The Mexican American Experience: An Interdisciplinary Anthology, 332–45, one of the books included in this review.

4. In particular, the Alinsky-style social action organizations in Los Angeles, California (United Neighborhoods Organization) and San Antonio, Texas (Communities Organized for Public Service) have enjoyed tremendous success. They emphasize politics, family, and religion in their endeavors. For more information on this topic, see Harry C. Boyte, Community Is Possible: Repairing America's Roots (New York: Harper and Row, 1984), especially chap. 5 on “empowerment.”