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The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature by Ilan Stavans
WMC Library
The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature traces four centuries of writing, from letters to the Spanish crown by sixteenth-century conquistadors to the cutting-edge expressions of twenty-first-century cartoonistas and artists of reggaeton.
Mexicans in the Making of America by Neil Foley
PDC Library
According to census projections, by 2050 nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Latino, and the overwhelming majority of these will be of Mexican descent. This dramatic demographic shift is reshaping politics, culture, and fundamental ideas about American identity.
We Are Aztlán! by Jerry García
LCC Library
Established and emerging Chicanx researchers diverge from the discipline's traditional Southwest focus to offer academic and non-academic perspectives on the Pacific Northwest and Midwest.
Chiricahua and Janos by Lance R. Blyth
SCC and WRV Libraries
During the Spanish, Mexican, and American eras, both conflict and accommodation constituted the Janos and Chiricahua communities. By showing the negative aspects of violence and its potentially positive outcomes, helps to understand violence in borderland regions around the world.
Intimate Migrations by Deborah A. Boehm
WMC Library
If there were no barriers to your movement between Mexico and the United States, where would you choose to live? Transnational Mexicans say they desire the freedom to "come and go." Because of the United States' rigid immigration policies, Mexican immigrants often find themselves living long distances from family members and unable to easily cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

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The Chicano Movement from "The 1960s in America" by Philip E. Lampe
A social movement spawned by Mexican Americans. Its goals were to increase Chicanos’ pride in their ethnic heritage, improve their social and economic standing, and gain civil rights.
The Chicano Movement from "The 1970s in America" by Raymond J. Gonzales
Walkouts in East Los Angeles high schools demanding the hiring of Chicano teachers and expanded curricula on Chicano culture and history; formation of MEChA at U. of C. Santa Barbara demanding the same; Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; La Raza moves to Washington, D.C.; and César Chávez’s United Farm Workers (UFW) union was in the midst of a major labor struggle with the powerful grape growers of California.
In the Lands of Fire and Sun by Michele McArdle Stephens
In the days of Spanish colonization of west-central Mesoamerica, the Huichol tribe who managed to sustain their distinct identity even as the Spanish Crown sought to integrate them. In confronting the Spanish colonial government, then the Mexican state, the Huichols displayed resilience and cunning as they selectively adapted their culture, land, and society to the challenges of multiple new eras.
Sacred Consumption by Elizabeth Morán
ISBN: 9781477310595
Publication Date: 2016-12-06
Visual Culture of the Ancient Americas by Andrew Finegold (Editor); Ellen Hoobler (Editor); Esther Pasztory (Afterword by)
ISBN: 9780806155708
Publication Date: 2017-02-13