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The Contested Homeland. A Chicano History of New Mexico.
. Ed(S): Gonzales-Berry, Erlinda; Maciel, David R.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Gonzales-Berry, Erlinda; Maciel, David R. Num Pages: 314 pages, b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Many books deal with New Mexico's past, but the twelve original essays here reinterpret that history for the first time from a Chicano perspective. Self-determination, resistance, and cultural maintenance are the recurring themes in the lives and struggles of Nuevomexicanos from 1848 to the present. On a more fundamental level, the clash has been over modernisation -- how the Spanish language, folk traditions, and land grants can survive as a heritage for future generations amid English, new and secular values, and real estate booms and speculation. Nuevomexicanos have confronted colonialism, ethnocentrism, and racism throughout their history. But as these essays ... Read more
Many books deal with New Mexico's past, but the twelve original essays here reinterpret that history for the first time from a Chicano perspective. Self-determination, resistance, and cultural maintenance are the recurring themes in the lives and struggles of Nuevomexicanos from 1848 to the present. On a more fundamental level, the clash has been over modernisation -- how the Spanish language, folk traditions, and land grants can survive as a heritage for future generations amid English, new and secular values, and real estate booms and speculation. Nuevomexicanos have confronted colonialism, ethnocentrism, and racism throughout their history. But as these essays ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826321992
SKU
V9780826321992
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About . Ed(S): Gonzales-Berry, Erlinda; Maciel, David R.
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry and David R Maciel, Editors
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