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Voces de Aztlán: A Chicana/o History Reader, Vol. 2 provides students with a selection of primary and secondary sources that explore the rich, influential, and important histories of Chicana/o peoples in the United States. The volume is organized chronologically into eight chapters and covers a broad range of topics and themes, mostly from twentieth century Chicana/o history. It begins with an examination of the late nineteenth century and the struggles to ward off land disposition and political and economic disenfranchisement. Additional chapters explore the rise and expansion of Jim Crow as it was experienced by Native Americans and Mexican Americans, the Mexican Revolution, the racialization process as it played out during the Great Depression, and watershed moments of World War II. Students learn about the concept of conditional patriotism, El Movimento, and cultural resistance in the post-movement period. Together, these sources provide students with a new view and perspective on the broader history of the United States. Voces de Aztlán: A Chicana/o History Reader, Vol. 2 is the second installment in a two-volume reader designed to help students rediscover American history from new viewpoints. It is ideal for courses in American history and Chicana/o history.

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Juan Pablo Mercado, Ph.D. is a tenured faculty member at Chabot College in the History Department and lectures in the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department at San José State University. He holds a Ph.D. in U.S. history from the University of California Los Angeles, M.A. in Mexican American studies from San José State University, and B.A. in Chicano studies from the University of California Berkeley. Dr. Mercado's research focuses on the uses and function of public art.

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