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Book SynopsisThis exciting new volume from Armando Navarro offers the most current and comprehensive political history of the Mexicano experience in the United States. He examines in-depth topics such as American political culture, electoral politics, demography, and organizational development. Viewing Mexicanos today as an occupied and colonized people, he calls for the formation of a new movement to reinvigorate the struggle for resistance and change among Mexicanos. Navarro envisions a new political and cultural landscape as the dominant Latino population ''Re-Mexicanizes'' the U.S. into a more multicultural and multiethnic society. This book will be a valuable resource for political and social activists and teaching tool for political theory, Latino politics, ethnic and minority politics, race relations in the United States, and social movements.
Trade ReviewArmando Navarro has written a sweeping panorama of the role and importance of political culture in Chicano history. It revises the general stereotype of the apolitical Mexican and scholarly documents the central role of political agency among Chicanos. -- University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology & Identity, 1930-1960, Mario T. García, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology & Identity, 1930-1960
The Mexican Political Experience in Occupied Aztlán represents an important contribution to Chicano scholarship. Armando Navarro is a major participant in the U.S. political scene; he is also a trained political scientist whose work represents the synthesis between scholarship and activism. This is a unique book that recognizes the nuances of the Chicano political experience. -- Rodolfo Acuña, California State University, Northridge, author of Occupied America: A History of Chicanos (4e), Anything but Mexican: Chicanos
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1: Historical Antecedents to the Mexicano Political Experience in the U.S. (50,000 B.C. To 1848 A.D.) Chapter 3 2: Epoch of Armed and Political Resistance (1848-1916) Chapter 4 3: Epoch of Adaptation Politics (1917-1945) Chapter 5 4: The Epoch of Social Action Politics (1946-1965) Chapter 6 5: Epoch of Militant Protest Politics (1966-1974) Chapter 7 6: Epoch of The Viva Yo Hispanic Generation (1975-1999) Chapter 8 7: Epoch of Hispanic Generation Politics (1975-1999) Chapter 9 8: Epoch of Transition (2000-2003) Chapter 10 Epilogue: Conclusions and Prospects for Change in the 21st Century
