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02791aam a2200397 i 4500 001 8E3726D2F57311E585367583DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160329010031 008 140815s2015 couac b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2014024524 020 $a 1607323362 020 $a 9781607323365 035 $a (OCoLC)890107057 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d COD $d COO $d PUL $d ZCU $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d CUY $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-ust-- $a n-us-tx $a n-ust-- 245 00 $a Leaders of the Mexican American generation : $b biographical essays / $c edited by Anthony Quiroz ; foreword by Arnoldo de LeoÌn. 264 1 $a Boulder, Colorado : $b University Press of Colorado, $c [2015] 300 $a xv, 362 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Leaders of the Mexican American Generation explores the lives of a wide range of influential members of the US Mexican Americna community between 1920 and 1965 who paved the way for major changes in their social, political, and economic status within the United States. Including feminist Alice Dickerson Montemayor, San Antonio attorney Gus Garcia, and labor activist and scholar Ernesto Galarza, the subjects of these biographies include some of the most prominent idealists and actors of the time. Whether debating in a court of law, writing for a major newspaper, producing reports for governmental agencies, organizing workers, holding public office, or otherwise shaping space for the Mexican American identity in the United States, these subjects embody the core values and diversity of their generation. More than a chronicle of personalities who left their mark on Mexican American history, Leaders of the Mexican American Generation cements these individuals as major players in the history of activism and civil rights in the United States and enlightens and enlivens our understanding of Mexican American history."--Book jacket. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x Politics and government $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Intellectuals $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Social reformers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Political activists $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a Southwest, New $x History $x History $y 20th century. 700 1 $a Quiroz, Anthony, $d 1958- $e editor. 700 1 $a De LeoÌn, Arnoldo, $d 1945- $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 3 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092115.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826035207.0 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20160329010258.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8E3726D2F57311E585367583DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b UIRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search