A Chicano History of New Mexico
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/08/2000
Many books deal with New Mexico's past, but the twelve original essays here reinterpret that history for the first time from a Chicano perspective. Self-determination, resistance, and cultural maintenance are the recurring themes in the lives and struggles of Nuevomexicanos from 1848 to the present. On a more fundamental level, the clash has been over modernisation -- how the Spanish language, folk traditions, and land grants can survive as a heritage for future generations amid English, new and secular values, and real estate booms and speculation. Nuevomexicanos have confronted colonialism, ethnocentrism, and racism throughout their history. But as these essays make clear, pride in Spanish descent runs deep in New Mexico and has led to a vibrancy unmatched in any other region in the United States. Nuevomexicanos have not simply survived or endured. They have secured their influence through the highest level of education among all Chicanos in the United States, through greater political representation at the local and national level-and in both major parties-than in any other state, and through a culture that has simultaneously resisted and adapted to change.
- ISBN:
- 9780826321992
- 9780826321992
- Category:
- History of the Americas
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-08-2000
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of New Mexico Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 314
- Dimensions (mm):
- 230x155x21mm
- Weight:
- 0.47kg
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