Mirande offers a detailed examination of Chicano social history and culture that includes studies of: Chicano labor and the economy; the Mexican immigrant and the U.S.-Mexico border conflict; the evolution of Chicano criminality; the American educational system and its impact on Chicano culture; the tensions between the institutional Church and Chicanos; and the myths and misconceptions of "machismo."
- ISBN10 0268086966
- ISBN13 9780268086961
- Publish Date 18 February 1994
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Notre Dame Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 288
- Language English