{"product_id":"rise-of-the-mexican-american-middle-class-san-antonio-1929-1941-paperback","title":"Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class: San Antonio, 1929-1941 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard a. Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry C. Schmidt\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSan Antonio, Texas, lies geographically and culturally at the crossroads of Mexico, Texas, and the larger United States. During the Great Depression it lay also at the crossroads of these cultures' myths, memories, and identities. Between 1929 and 1941, in this city's West Side barrio, a generation of Mexican immigrants developed into a new middle class and forged an identity that has shaped Southwestern experience since then: the identity of the Mexican American. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Richard Garcia presents an innovative study of the tension between change and continuity in thought, culture, and community that characterized this transformation. His analysis focuses on both the conservative Mexican-exile ricos, who promoted a perspective of Lo Mexicano and a return to la patria, and the rising Mexican American middle class, who sought a life of Americanism that stressed social integration, education, political rights and power, and economic betterment for both individuals and the ethnic community. Members of this middle class wanted to be Americans politically while remaining Mexicans culturally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Garcia's argument is the first to link the ethnic identity of the Mexican American generation to the rise of the middle class within the immigrant community. He also takes into account the Mexican community's structural relationship to the city, the process of class differentiation within the barrio, and the role of family, church, education, and politics. Through the microcosm of San Antonio, this pioneering study explores the process of changing consciousness that was occurring throughout the United States during this important period.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard A. Garcia is professor of history at Santa Monica College. He is the author of numerous articles on Chicano intellectual history and historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 9.05 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51800114921760,"sku":"9781585440528","price":42.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/eb77123aeaaf957ed4e3a5515a502c73.webp?v=1780833242","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rise-of-the-mexican-american-middle-class-san-antonio-1929-1941-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}