Lessons and inspiration from a lifetime of teaching about race and ethnic relations When Al Camarillo grew up in Compton, California, racial segregation was the rule. His relatives were among the first Mexican immigrants to settle there-in the only neighborhood where Mexicans were allowed to live. The city's majority was then White, and Compton ......
An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place
In the words of series editor Steven L. Davis, We Are Nature Defending Itself: An Anthology of Women on Bodies, Borders, and Place is "a revelation, a multicultural blend of well-known and emerging writers who come together to give nature a voice in our literature and our lives." Not least of the many benefits to readers are its contributions from ......
Republican Crises and Civil Wars in the United States and Mexico, 1848-1867
In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War and dramatically reshaped North American geopolitics by ceding half of Mexico's territory to the United States. In the following decades, as conflicts over slavery in the United States and over the nature of nation, state, and religion in Mexico overwhelmed politics, both ......
Republican Crises and Civil Wars in the United States and Mexico, 1848-1867
In 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War and dramatically reshaped North American geopolitics by ceding half of Mexico's territory to the United States. In the following decades, as conflicts over slavery in the United States and over the nature of nation, state, and religion in Mexico overwhelmed politics, both ......
Culturally-conscious music therapy has the power to create meaningful therapeutic connections between practitioners and clients from different backgrounds, and to support healing by honoring clients' heritages and experiences. This essential handbook dives into the wide range of linguistic, historical, and cultural influences that shape different ......
Winner of the Pen/Diamondstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. Essays on the west, the Chicano movement, by one of its founders. Winner of the 2025 PEN/Diamondstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay A unique voice in American fiction, Dagoberto Gilb is also a singular writer of personal and journalistic essays. In A Passing ......
In this visceral debut poetry chapbook, My Mother, the Butcher, Mexican American poet, Gerard Robledo, sets his speaker to confront the lasting scars of a traumatic childhood marked by alcoholism, neglect, and emotional cruelty. Undaunted, he dredges the devastating history of familial pain and a mother's callousness which haunts his daily life as ......