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  • LBJ and Mexican Americans

    The Paradox of Power

    by Julie Leininger Pycior ...
    "Masterfully researched. . . . There is no book like this either in the field of LBJ literature or in the field of Chicano history." —Mario T. García, author of Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology, and Identity, 1930–1960As he worked to build his Great Society, Lyndon Johnson often harkened back to his teaching days in the segregated "Mexican school" at Cotulla, Texas. Recalling the poverty ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and the Greatest Commandment

    Radical Love in Times of Crisis

    by Leininger Pycior, Julie ...
    Catholic Worker leader Dorothy Day and monk/author Thomas Merton, who gave radical witness to love of God and neighbor in the tumultuous 1960s, together come center stage in this compelling account of the visionary duo spotlighted by Pope Francis in his historic address to Congress. ... Read more

    $20.67 USD

  • Democratic Renewal and the Mutual Aid Legacy of US Mexicans

    by Julie Leininger Pycior ...
    The legacy of the historic mutual aid organizing by US Mexicans, with its emphasis on self-help and community solidarity, continues to inform Mexican American activism and subtly influence a number of major US social movements. In Democratic Renewal and the Mutual Aid Legacy of US Mexicans, Julie Leininger Pycior traces the early origins of organizing in the decades following the US-Mexican War, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Moving Beyond Borders

    Julian Samora and the Establishment of Latino Studies

    by Alberto Lopez Pulido, Alberto Lopez Pulido, Barbara Driscoll de Alvarado, Carmen Samora, Teresita E Aguilar, Jorge A Bustamante, Gilberto Cárdenas, Miguel A Carranza0, Frank M Castillo1, Anthony J Cortese2, Lydia Espinosa Crafton3, Herman Gallegos4, Phillip Gallegos5, José R Hinojosa6, Delfina Landeros7, Paul López8, Sergio X Madrigal9, Ken Martínez0, Vilma Martínez1, Alberto Mata2, Amelia M Muñoz3, Richard A Navarro4, Jesus "Chuy" Negrete5, Julie Leininger Pycior6, Olga Villa Parra7, Ricardo Parra8, Victor Rios9, Marcos Ronquillo0, Rene Rosenbaum1, Rudy Sandoval2, Alfredo Rodriguez Santos3, Ciro Sepulveda4 ...
    Series series Latinos in Chicago and Midwest
    Moving Beyond Borders examines the life and accomplishments of Julian Samora, the first Mexican American sociologist in the United States and the founding father of the discipline of Latino studies. Detailing his distinguished career at the University of Notre Dame from 1959 to 1984, the book documents the history of the Mexican American Graduate Studies program that Samora established at Notre ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump

    by Geraldo L. Cadava ...
    An illuminating and thought-provoking history of the growth of Hispanic American Republican voters in the past half century and their surprising impact on US politics, updated with new material reflecting on the 2020 electionIn the lead-up to every election cycle, pundits predict that Latino Americans will overwhelmingly vote in favor of the Democratic candidate. And it's true—Latino voters do ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Other Face of America

    Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping Our Future

    by Jorge Ramos ...

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  • Line in the Sand

    A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border

    by Rachel St. John ...
    Series series America in the World
    The first transnational history of the U.S.-Mexico borderLine in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 to the emergence of the modern boundary line in the first decades of the twentieth century. In this sweeping narrative, Rachel St. John explores how this boundary changed from a mere line on ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Migra!

    A History of the U.S. Border Patrol

    by Kelly Lytle Hernandez ...
    Series Book 29 - American Crossroads
    Political awareness of the tensions in U.S.-Mexico relations is rising in the twenty-first century; the American history of its treatment of illegal immigrants represents a massive failure of the promises of the American dream. This is the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large professional police force ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The Empire Trap

    The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013

    by Noel Maurer ...
    How the United States became an imperial power by bowing to pressure to defend its citizens' overseas investmentsThroughout the twentieth century, the U.S. government willingly deployed power, hard and soft, to protect American investments all around the globe. Why did the United States get into the business of defending its citizens' property rights abroad? The Empire Trap looks at how modern U.S ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Harvest of Empire

    A History of Latinos in America: Second Revised and Updated Edition

    by Juan Gonzalez ...
    A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States—thoroughly revised and updated.The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American popular ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Trampling Out the Vintage

    Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers

    by Frank Bardacke ...
    The first-ever comprehensive history of the rise and fall of the United Farm Workers and its infamous leader, Cesar Chavez—"one of the most attractive and charismatic figures U.S. politics has produced” (The Guardian).In its heyday, the United Farm Workers was an embodiment of its slogan “Yes, we can”—in the form “¡Sí, Se Puede!”—winning many labor victories, securing collective bargaining rights ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Water Defenders

    How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed

    by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh ...
    **Winner of the 2021 Duke University Juan Mendez AwardNamed one of The Progressive’s “Favorite Books of 2021” and one of the “Best of Books 2021” by Foreign Affairs**The David and Goliath story of ordinary people in El Salvador who rallied together with international allies to prevent a global mining corporation from poisoning the country’s main water sourceAt a time when countless communities are ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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