Title: The Mexican American experience
First published: 2003
Description: "Mexican Americans are rapidly becoming the largest minority in the United States, playing a vital role in the culture of the American Southwest and beyond. This A-to-Z guide offers comprehensive coverage of the Mexican American experience." "Entries range from figures such as Corky Gonzales, Joan Baez, and Nancy Lopez to general entries on bilingual education, assimilation, border culture, and southwestern agriculture. Court cases, politics, and events such as the Delano Grape Strike all receive full coverage, while the definitions and significance of terms such as coyote and Tejano are provided in shorter entries."--Jacket.
Subjects: Mexican Americans, Encyclopedias, State & Local, HISTORY, General
Places: New Southwest
LC classification: E184.M5 M4535 2003