Beyond Aztlan: Ethnic Autonomy in Comparative Perspective

di Mario Barrera (Autore)

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1988

Does the achievement of economic equality in a multiethnic society require the complete loss of a minority's cultural identity? Beyond Aztlan argues that American society has historically viewed a distinctive cultural identity as something that an ethnic group gives up in order to achieve economic and political parity. Mexican Americans, who have scored limited gains in their struggle for equality since the 1940s, are proving to be no exception to the rule. However, Barrera compares the situation of Mexican Americans to that of minority groups in four other countries and concludes that equality does not necessarily require assimilation.

• Autore: Mario Barrera
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Anno: 1988
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 221 p.
• EAN: 9780275929237

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