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Title: Occupied America: A History of Chicanos, Fifth Edition by Rodolfo Acuna ISBN: 0-321-10330-0 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 16 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Occupied America
Comment: Every view that we will ever see about history is a view that is skewed by personal feelings. As historians, it is our job to figure out what is fact and what is feeling. This book may not be the most objective book about the history of the Xicano people, but it spoke to me in the same way that the Anglo child finds solace in the played out text books found in school. I relate to the stories that Acuna tells, and I enjoy his point of view. He is a wonderful historian, and worthy of being put in the same class as Zinn (A people's history of the U.S.) I hope you enjoy this book, and listen to the frustration in the writing. It is the key to the Chicano's history in a society where Anglo paradigms edit the truth.
Rating: 4
Summary: You realize you've been lied to, don't you?
Comment: For all of you that got a little queasy during middle school history lessons, this book pinpoints the source of your nausea. By now, most of us realize the true nature of white Americans push westward from the 18th century onward. It was a cruel, intrusive robbery that stole, raped and destroyed the dynamic culture and societies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. However, little is ever discussed about the entirely different and much older paradigm of U.S. history: the push from the south to the north.
Acuna examines the nature of the Spanish and Indian cultures that amalgamated and moved forward, only to collide with the U.S. expansion in the Mexican War. He also looks at the many levels of exploitation the mexican-american people have faced over the centuries and current movements to stop or reverse these practices. A fascinating book and an enlightening adventure.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Basic Review of Chicana/o History
Comment: Professor Acuna is able to provide some of the most basic underpinnings of Chicana/o History. This book provides basic information that can be used to supplement a teacher in providing a more thorough history of the United States in a strict standard based High School Course. Knowingly, if one is using this book at a level higher than high school or if it is the base of an ethnic studies, its use becomes central importance due to its demonstration of injustices, experiences, and mediatory experiences of the Chicana/o community. Although Acuna has received criticisms for his usage of words in the trajectory of the Chicana/o experience, they are unfounded. The book tries to present experiences, experiences that decimated, raped, and destroyed Chicana/os as a community. Additionally, take a look at the sources as a form of guidance towards more books and articles.
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Title: Message to Aztlan: Selected Writings (Hispanic Civil Rights Series) by Rodolpho "Corky" Gonzales, Rodolfo Gonzalez ISBN: 1558853316 Publisher: Arte Publico Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Chicanismo: The Forging of a Militant Ethos Among Mexican Americans by Ignacio M. Garcia ISBN: 0816517886 Publisher: University of Arizona Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical Writings by Alma M. Garcia, Mario T. Garcia ISBN: 0415918014 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $27.99 |
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Title: Chicano!: The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement (Hispanic Civil Rights) by Francisco A. Rosales, F. Arturo Rosales ISBN: 1558852018 Publisher: Arte Publico Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Crusade for Justice: Chicano Militancy and the Govenment's War on Dissent by Ernesto B. Vigil ISBN: 0299162249 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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