
Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945
George Sanchez
Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945
George Sanchez
Twentieth century Los Angeles has been the focus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between distinct cultures in U.S. history. In this pioneering study, Sanchez explores how Mexican immigrants "Americanized" themselves in order to fit in, thereby losing part of their own culture.
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- OUP USA
- Year
- 1995
- ISBN-13
- 9780195096484
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Mexican American identityImmigration and assimilationLos Angeles Chicano culture
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryShortlisted(1994)
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