Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Political Organizations: Choosing Issues, Taking Sides

by Benjamin Márquez

Book Overview

A Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2002

The formation of a group identity has always been a major preoccupation of Mexican American political organizations, whether they seek to assimilate into the dominant Anglo society or to remain separate from it. Yet organizations that sought to represent a broad cross section of the Mexican American population, such as LULAC and the American G.I. Forum, have dwindled in membership and influence,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292752776
• ISBN13: 9780292752771
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"