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Mexican voices / American dreams

by Davis, Marilyn P.
Published by : Henry Holt and Company (New York) Physical details: 446 p ISBN:0805012168. ISSN:978080501 Year: 1990
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900 - 999 973.046872 Dav (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : Fred Romero 63248

Includes index.

Part I. Push-pull --
Ballad of the immigrant: the long history of Mexican migration --
I will buy you the moon: the reasons for going --
Two dollars an hour: the employees --
Part II. Passage --
To cross is to die a little: crossing the border --
The white man and the chicken keeper win: El Coyote --
How they have suffered for me: those they left behind --
Part III. El Norte --
Breathless: dreams versus reality --
Those who come to immigrate: life in the United States --
Up with the raza: the best and the brightest --
Part IV. The future --
When you sing there are no borders: the artists --
Those they call chicano: the children, part I ; the children's children, part II --
El Corrido Nuevo: a new verse.

Oral histories of Mexican American immigrants, "their families, friends, employers, and descendants."

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