Youth, Identity, Power by Carlos Munoz Jr

Youth, Identity, Power by Carlos Munoz Jr

Offering an exploration of the origins and development of Chicano radicalism in America, this title places the movement in the wider context of the political development of Mexicans and their descendants in the US. It also situates the student protests of the 1960s within the changing political scene of the time.

The first major book on the Chicano movement by one of its leaders, who is also a first-rate scholarYouth, Identity, Power is certain to be a benchmark for all future work on the subject. An important ... contribution to the history of the 1960s, it ... should be required reading. -- Clayborne Carson
A very important and powerful book, documenting American history ... without question, one of the lodestones in reference to the 'movimiento.' -- Luis Valdez
An essential record of the Chicano movement and an important addition to the history of American social protest. * San Francisco Chronicle *

Carlos Muñoz, Jr. is a scholar-activist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the founding chair of the first Chicano Studies Department in the nation and a founder of the National Association of Chicano and Chicana Studies.

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ISBN 13	9781844671342
ISBN 10	1844671348
Title	Youth, Identity, Power
Author	Carlos Muñoz
Series	Haymarket
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Verso Books
Year published	2007-08-17
Number of pages	260
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