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MACHADO JR, MANUAL A Listen Chicano! An Informal History of the Mexican-American
Needle Library, NY, 1978, 1st Ed. Hardbound, Ill: Joseph Wortman. Foreword by Barry M Goldwater, US Senator, Arizona. Illustrations by Joseph Wortman. Among the topics covered in this book are the War of 1848, in which Mexico lost over half its territory, the California Goldrush, in which many Mexican-Americans were dispossessed from their land, the 1914 incursion of US troops into Mexico in pursuit of the revolutionary leader Zapata, the exploitation of Mexican-Americans during the Great Depression, and the struggles of Cesar Chavez to organize farmworkers during the last decade. Throughout the book, the author argues passionately for the preservation of Mexican-American culture in the face of continuous pressures by academics and politicians for its destruction in the name of assimilation. LCCN 77-16650. 196 Pgs. Description text copyright 2006 ISBN: 0882292587. Nr Fine in Good DJ. Discarded Library Book. Glassine Protected DJ. 8vo..
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