Occupied America
Subtitle: a history of Chicanos
By: Rodolfo F. Acuña
Edition: 6th ed
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780321427380
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: 1. Not just pyramids, explorers, and heroes; title: The cradles of civilization; title: The corn people; title: The Olmeca 1500 BC-500 BC; title: The Maya; title: Maya hieroglyphic writing; title: Maya society; title: The decline of Mayan civilization; title: Teotihuacán; title: Urbanism and trade; title: Other corn civilizations; title: The Tolteca; title: The Tarasco; title: The Azteca; title: En El Norte; title: Conclusion : the world system in 1519; title: The core zones; title: The semi-peripheral zones; title: The Mesoamerican periphery; title: 2. The occupation of Middle America; title: Africa begins at the Pyrenees; title: The Spanish conquest; title: Faith versus rationality; title: The Spanish invasion of the Mexica; title: The colonization of native Mesoamerica; title: Smallpox and other plagues; title: The conquest of race and labor in Mesoamerica; title: Women in colonial Mesoamerica; title: The changing roles of women; title: The assimilation of native women; title: Al Norte : god, gold, glory, silver, and slaves; title: The decline of the indigenous population; title: The changing order; title: The bonanzas; title: Forced labor; title: The Northern corridor; title: The decline of the native population; title: The colonization of Texas; title: El Paso del Norte; title: The Tlaxcalán and the Castas; title: The importance of San Antonio and links to the Río Bravo; title: The occupation of Alta California : paradise lost; title: Los Indios; title: The missions : myth and reality; title: Conclusion : on the eve of the Mexican War of Independence; title: 3. A legacy of hate : the conquest of Mexico's northwest; title: Mexican independence from Spain; title: The colonial legacy; title: The nation-state; title: Background to the invasion of Texas; title: Broken promises; title: Causes of the war; title: Follow the money : the land companies and trade; title: Wanna-be Sam Adamses; title: The point of no return; title: The invasion of Texas; title: The pretext : myths of the Alamo; title: The defense of the Mexican homeland; title: Mexicans win the battles but lose the war; title: The invasion of Mexico; title: The manufactured war; title: An unwarranted aggression; title: The pretext for conquest; title: Religious justifications for war; title: History as propaganda; title: The myth of a nonviolent nation; title: Peacemakers expose the violence of war; title: The San Patricio Battalion; title: The war crimes; title: Mexicans on the front lines; title: The prosecution of the war; title: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; title: The controversy; title: The deception; title: The honorable man; title: Conclusion; title: 4. Remember the Alamo : the colonization of Texas; title: The years between 1836 and 1845; title: To the victor belongs the spoils; title: The border; title: The founding fathers?; title: The robber barons become captains of industry; title: Social and political ostracization and control; title: The consolidation of Texas wealth; title: Socialization; title: The Indian savage, the Mexican bandit; title: Controlling the Mexicans; title: Politics of race and gender; title: The resistance; title: Runaway slaves; title: Trade wars; title: Social banditry; title: The case of Juan Cortina; title: The people's revolt; title: The ballad of Gregorio Cortez; title: The transformation; title: The restructuring; title: The railroad and the advent of industrial capitalism; title: Mexico comes to Texas; title: Reform politics and Mexicans; title: The growth of the Mexican population; title: The growth of racist nativism; title: Mexican resistance; title: 5. Freedom in a cage : the colonization of New Mexico; title: On the frontier; title: The Santa Fe Trail : the Trojan horse; title: Anti-American sentiment; title: The Euroamerican invasion; title: The Taos revolt; title: Inventing tradition; title: The transition; title: The illusion of inclusion; title: Gringos and ricos; title: How was it done?; title: The Santa Fe ring and the land grab; title: The Lincoln County war; title: The Americanization of the Catholic Church; title: The New Mexican Diaspora; title: It's the chili; title: New Mexico in Colorado; title: The land grabbers; title: The village people defend their land; title: More illusions of inclusion; title: The end of the frontier; title: The growth of industrial mining; title: Changes in society; title: Federal encroachment; title: 6. Sonora invaded : the occupation of Arizona; title: The frontier; title: The Gadsden purchase; title: The silent war with Sonora; title: Filibustering expeditions into Sonora; title: Mexicans in early Arizona; title: Tensions; title: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"; title: Marrying up!; title: The alliance of elites; title: The war against the Apache; title: The fate of the "friendly Indian"; title: The land-grab- grant; title: The transformation of Arizona; title: From adobe to copper; title: Border conflicts; title: The industrialization of Arizona; title: The importance of mining; title: The expansion of capital; title: Industrial mining; title: The 1890s : the de-skilling of mine work; title: The pull factor; title: The impact of industrialization on Mexicans; title: Mutual aid societies; title: The Mexican middle class; title: Small favors to women; title: Miners organize : the emergence of trade unions; title: It's the water; title: 7. California lost : America for Euroamericans; title: Indians count; title: The Spanish occupation; title: The Mexican period; title: The gap between classes; title: No utopia! women and the transformation of California; title: The bear flag; title: John C. Fremont and the bear flag; title: U.S. invasion of California; title: Gold transforms California; title: The Gold Rush creates a template; title: Complicity of the Californios; title: Legalized theft : the foreign miners' tax; title: Decline of the Californios; title: The locusts; title: Taxation without representation; title: Marrying white; title: The whitening of California; title: Legitimization of violence; title: The Mexican prostitute; title: The American dream, the Lugos trial; title: The disillusionment; title: El Clamor Público; title: Class divisions; title: Tiburcio Vásquez; title: Mexicans in a changing society; title: Becoming a minority; title: The church's role; title: Labor; title: The exclusion of the other; title: Colonias; title: 8. Immigration, labor, and generational change; title: Overview; title: The push; title: The pull; title: Opposition to Díaz; title: The Pinos Altos strike; title: Precursors to revolution; title: The triangle; title: Teresa de Urrea; title: Disciplining Mexicans : forty blonde babies; title: The Mexican Diaspora; title: Exploitation begets resistance; title: The struggle for equal education; title: The Mexican Revolution; title: A changing society; title: Mexican workers under siege; title: Pancho Villa drives the gringos crazy; title: The hysteria : the plan of San Diego; title: World War I : the big shift; title: Shifts in political consciousness; title: Mexican responses to industrial transformation; title: The failure of American brotherhood; title: The westward movement of king cotton; title: 9. The 1920s : the effects of World War I; title: Americanization : a study of extremes; title: Protestant Churches and Americanization of the Mexican; title: Catholic Churches react to Americanization; title: Nationalism versus Americanization; title: Mexicans and Mexican Americans; title: The influence of World War I on becoming Mexican American; title: The League of United Latin American citizens; title: The move to the cities; title: San Antonio's west side; title: Los Angeles : "where only the weeds grow"; title: Mexicans in the Midwest and points East; title: Mexican labor in the 1920s; title: Importance of the sugar-beet industry; title: Mexicans in the northwest; title: Mexicans in Texas; title: Mexicans in the Midwest; title: The growth of California agribusiness; title: Mexican unions; title: Greasers go home; title: Keeping America blond and white; title: 10. Mexican American communities in the making : the depression years; title: The Great Depression : La Crisis; title: Stresses and strains during La Crisis; title: Life during the Great Depression; title: The importance of being San Antonio; title: Nativist deportations of the 1930s; title: Repatriation Texas-style; title: The fate of the deportee in Mexico; title: Factories in the fields; title: Texas farms; title: Renting Mexicans; title: The farm workers' revolt; title: The El Monte strike; title: The Tagus Ranch; title: The San Joaquín Valley cotton strike; title: The Imperial Valley, 1934; title: CUCOM and Mexican strikes; title: The Congress of Industrial Organizations; title: Rural workers in the Lone Star state; title: Colorado and the Manitos; title: The city; title: Los Angeles Mexican women garment workers; title: San Antonio Mexicana workers; title: La Pasionaria, the pecan shellers' strike, and San Antonio; title: Unionization in Los Angeles; title: Labor in the Midwest : Chicago; title: The Mexican American miners' revolt; title: The Mexican-origin community; title: The Los Angeles community; title: The Mexican American movement; title: El Congreso de los Pueblos de Habla Español; title: Fighting segregation; title: The Manitos; title: Move to the windy city : Chicago; title: 11.  World War II : the betrayal of promises; title: Changing identities; title: World War II and the Mexican; title: El Soldado Raso; title: The case of Guy Gabaldón; title: The story of Company E : the all-Mexican unit; title: Racism at home and abroad; title: Chicanas go to war; title: The home front; title: A profile of courage; title: Finding scapegoats; title: The Sleepy Lagoon Trial; title: Mutiny in the streets of Los Angeles; title: Mexicanas support the war effort; title: Rosita the Riveter; title: The Federal Employment Practices Commission; title: The making of the Cold War: the politics of control; title: Control of labor; title: The communists are coming; title: Postwar opportunities; title: Toward a civil rights agenda; title: The American G.I. forum; title: A transitional period; title: Police and institutional brutality; title: Controlling Mexican labor; title: The return of farm labor militancy; title: Importing Mexicans; title: 12. "Happy days" : Chicano communities under siege; title: The Cold War; title: The Korean War : historical amnesia; title: Keeping America American; title: Militarization of the immigration and naturalization service; title: The Diaspora : an American odyssey; title: The cities; title: Seduced by the game; title: New Mexico : the illusion of it all; title: Los Angeles; title: San Antonio; title: El Paso; title: Civil rights; title: The "salt of the Earth"; title: Toward equality; title: California; title: National Spanish-Speaking Council; title: The struggle to preserve the barrios; title: The FHA Mortgage-Loan and the G.I. Bill; title: Urban renewal : the day of the bulldozer; title: The Dodgers and Chávez Ravine; title: Gentrification in the Midwest; title: Conclusion : the importance of 1959; title: 13. Good-bye, America : the Chicano in the 1960s; title: The early 1960s; title: Inequality; title: Harvest of shame; title: High hopes : illusions of the sleeping giant; title: Organizing in Chicago; title: The building of a civil rights coalition; title: Viva Johnson; title: Building the great society; title: The walkout; title: The Black-white syndrome; title: The illusion fades; title: Impact of the war on poverty; title: Magnetization of the border; title: The Immigration Act of 1965; title: Mexican American reaction to the memories of nativism; title: The road to Delano; title: Echoes of Delano; title: The road to brown power; title: The making of a movement; title: The formation of core groups; title: The East L.A. walkouts; title: Chicana/o student militancy spreads; title: The brown berets; title: Tlatelolco, Mexico; title: "Wild tribes of...the inner mountains of Mexico"; title: Gringos and Tejanos; title: The land struggle; title: The crusade for justice; title: Chicanas speak!; title: Other Voices; title: The Chicano youth movement gains steam; title: Where is god?; title: Violence at home; title: Chicanas/os under siege; title: 14. The 1970s and 1980s : the deconstruction of the sixties; title: Redefining racism; title: Government legitimizes racism; title: The politics of cynicism : Nixon's Hispanic strategy; title: Dismantling the war on poverty; title: Chicano power; title: La Raza Unida Party; title: Failure to build a national third party; title: The last days of La Raza Unida; title: Inequality from within; title: Chicana voices; title: Inevitable factions; title: Las Hermanas; title: Sterilization; title: The Farah strike : the breaking of labor; title: Sin Fronteras; title: Nativism is racism; title: Centro de Acción Social Autonóma-Hermandad de General de Trabajadores; title: Get the Mexican bandits; title: The media perpetuates racist nativism; title: Getting away with terrorism; title: In defense of the foreign born; title: The growth of the Chicano middle class; title: Chicanos as commodities; title: Redefinition of the political middle; title: Political gains; title: Education : the stairway to the American dream; title: Education equality; title: Importance of the EOPs; title: Expanding political vocabularies; title: The "Pochoization" of the vocabulary; title: The myth of a color-blind society; title: Legacy admits; title: Why progressive organizations fail; title: Violence as an instrument of control; title: 15. Becoming a national minority : 1980-2001; title: The tyranny of words and actions; title: Shared space; title: El Salvador; title: Nicaragua; title: Guatemala; title: Mexico; title: Manufacturing the crisis; title: The militarization of the border; title: Organizing immigrant workers; title: The hotel and restaurant workers; title: The janitors; title: From autos to buses; title: The miners; title: Boycott Levis; title: and Dockers, too!; title: César Chávez and the UFW; title: The movement for inclusion; title: The sleeping giant; title: Texas : the lone star; title: Chicago : where the wind blows; title: New Mexico : the illusion; title: Colorado; title: The glass ceiling; title: A profile of Chicanas; title: Bucking the glass ceiling; title: The Tejana gender gap; title: Immigrant women workers; title: The 1990s : a portrait of inequality; title: Can you smell the refried beans?; title: Tejano population boom; title: California : political gains; title: Under the influence of the illusion; title: The North American Free Trade Agreement; title: The Zapatistas; title: "Don't mourn, organize!"; title: The political refugees; title: Forging communities; title: The idealists; title: The backlash; title: It didn't happen by accident; title: Proposition 187 : the American way; title: Proposition 209 and the color-blind society; title: Proposition 227 : if you speak one language, you're American; title: The national scene : census 2000; title: The big three; title: The California revolution; title: Texas : gringos speaking Spanish; title: Chicago; title: The Northwest : the spread of the tortilla curtain; title: The age of the believers; title: Unsettled scores; title: Epilogue : is Antonio Banderas a Chicano?; title: Identity and interests; title: Where are the other Latinos?; title: Not an identifiable minority; title: Is there a Latino identity?; title: Identifiable Inequality; title: Immigration; title: The search for equality; title: The poor; title: "Be all that you can be"; title: What's in the future?; title: The search for inclusion; title: The map room; title: Creating a timeline