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Quixote's soldiers : a local history of the Chicano movement, 1966-1981
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- Creator
- David Montejano
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0292722907, 0292792883, 9780292792883, 9780292722903, 0292721242, 9780292721241
- OCLC
- ocn649480107, ocn471787976
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- The leaking caste system -- Barrios at war -- Organizing unity -- A congressman reacts -- Kill the gringos! -- The Berets rise up -- Women creating space -- Batos claiming legitimacy -- Fragmenting elements -- Several wrong turns -- A transformation -- Appendix: On interpreting the Chicano movement -- Notes -- Glossary
Subjects
- Mexican Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History -- 20th century.
- Mexican Americans -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- Chicano movement -- Texas -- San Antonio.
- San Antonio (Tex.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
- San Antonio (Tex.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.