Mexicans in California :  transformations and challenges / 
edited by Ramón A. Gutiérrez and Patricia Zavella. 
 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2009. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/> Based on presentations made at a conference held Sept. 11-12, 2003, sponsored by the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States along with the UC Committee on Latino Research. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover --  Title Page --  Copyright Page --  Contents --  Acknowledgments --  Introduction --  PART I. WORK AND POVERTY --  1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California's New Economy --  2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment --  PART II. EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT --  3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School --  4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advanced Placement Courses and University Admissions 5. Chicano Struggles for Racial Justice: The Movement's Contribution to Social Theory 6. Lifting As We Climb: Educated Chicanas' Social Identities and Commitment to Social Action --  PART III. CULTURE AND SELF-PRESERVATION --  7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration --  8. Prime-Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television --  9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Cancion Ranchera --  PART IV. CULTURE AND VIOLENCE 10. Conflict Resolution and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexicans on Both Sides of the BorderBibliography --  Contributors --  Index 
<br/><br/> Numbering over a third of California's population and thirteen percent of the U.S. population, people of Mexican ancestry represent a hugely complex group with a long history in the country. Contributors explore a broad range of issues regarding California's ethnic Mexican population, including their concentration among the working poor and as day laborers; their participation in various sectors of the educational system; social problems such as domestic violence; their contributions to the arts, especially music; media stereotyping; and political alliances and alignments. Contributors are Brenda D. Arellano, Leo R. Chavez, Yvette G. Flores, Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Aída Hurtado, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Chon A. Noriega, Manuel Pastor Jr., Armida Ornelas, Russell W. Rumberger, Daniel G. Solórzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781283059985 9780252034114 9780252076077 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718451 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mexican Americans--Social conditions--California--Congresses.<br/>Mexicans--Social conditions--California--Congresses.<br/>Immigrants--Social conditions--California--Congresses.<br/>Social change--California--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F870  / .M495 2009