ISBN:
0195374770
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9780195374773
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0195374789
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9780195374780
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 258 p., [32] p. of plates)
,
ill., ports
Edition:
10th anniversary ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version From Out of the Shadows : Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America
DDC:
305.488
Keywords:
Mexican American women Social conditions 20th century
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Mexican American women History 20th century
;
Mexican American women ; History ; 20th century
;
Mexican American women ; Social conditions ; 20th century
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Abstract:
From Out of the Shadows was the first full study of Mexican-American women in the twentieth century. Beginning with the first wave of Mexican women crossing the border early in the century, historian Vicki L. Ruiz reveals the struggles they have faced and the communities they have built. In a narrative enhanced by interviews and personal stories, she shows how from labor camps, boxcar settlements, and urban barrios, Mexican women nurtured families, worked for wages, built extended networks, and participated in community associations--efforts that helped Mexican Americans find their own place i
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Border Journeys""; ""2. Confronting ""America""""; ""3. The Flapper and the Chaperone""; ""4. With Pickets, Baskets, and Ballots""; ""5. La Nueva Chicana: Women and the Movement""; ""6. Claiming Public Space""; ""Epilogue""; ""Afterword""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-248) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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