pt. 1. Theory -- An unconquered people -- Approach and terminology -- Nation and race : dynamics and differences -- A scientific theory of nationhood -- The nature of racism -- The national question and Chicanas/os -- Chicanas/os : a super-exploited race -- The fallacy of "cultural-national autonomy" -- Theoretical conclusion -- pt. 2. History -- Conquest and resistance -- The subjugation of Mexico -- The English colonies -- Spanish settlement of Northern Mexico -- How the West was stolen -- Desperados and guerrilla fighters -- Chicanas/os and the Mexican Revolution -- The saga of Chicana/o industrial labor -- Mining struggles -- Garment industry battles -- Chicanas/os and the CIO -- McCarthyism -- Valiant agricultural struggles -- Search for human chattel -- Early farmworker resistance -- The UFW : emergence of a vanguard -- Chicana/o sun rising : el movimiento -- The youth movement -- ¡Raza sí, guerra no? -- The call for Aztlán -- La Alianza : the New Mexico land struggle -- Independent political action : La Raza Unida Party -- Organizing against police brutality -- The Latin American connection -- Revolution in the revolution -- Mujeres mobilize -- "¡Pa 'fuera! Come out!" : Chicana/o gays emerge -- pt. 3. Strategy -- A platform for Chicana/o liberation -- Programmatic demands -- Responsibilities of the left -- Appendix 1. Farmworker organizing in the Yakima Valley -- Appendix 2. Uproar at the University of Washington.
Summary:
"A history of Chicana and Chicano militancy that explores the question of whether this social movement is a racial or a national struggle"--Provided by publisher.
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