| Radicals in the Barrio: Magonistas, Socialists, Wobblies, and Communists in the Mexican American Working Class Contributor(s): Akers Chacón, Justin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608467759 ISBN-13: 9781608467754 Publisher: Haymarket Books OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 331.627 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (2.15 lbs) 500 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Radicals in the Barrio uncovers a long and rich history of political radicalism within the Mexican and Chicano working class in the United States. Chac n clearly and sympathetically documents the ways that migratory workers carried with them radical political ideologies, new organizational models, and shared class experience, as they crossed the border into southwestern barrios during the first three decades of the twentieth-century. Justin Akers Chac n previous work includes No One is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border (with Mike Davis). |