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Author Rosales, Steven, author

Title Soldados razos at war : Chicano politics, identity, and masculinity in the U.S. military from World War II to Vietnam / Steven Rosales
Published Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 305 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- 1. Northward from Mexico -- 2. Al Norte: Mexican Migration to Michigan -- 3. World War II and the Mexican American Contribution to the Good War -- 4. The Korean War -- 5. Aztlán and Vietnam -- 6. Making Masculinity in the U.S. Military: Chicano Soldiering, Sexuality, and Manhood -- 7. The GI Bill -- 8. The Veterans Administration -- 9. Transformed Identities and Political Mobilization -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Interview Questions -- Appendix B. Narrators -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "This book explores the catalysts that motivated Mexican American youth to enlist from World War II through the Vietnam War"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record and online resource (JSTOR, viewed November 13, 2017)
Subject Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Citizenship -- United States
Mexican American soldiers -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Mexican American soldiers -- History -- 20th century
Mexican American soldiers -- United States -- Biography
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Armed Forces -- Mexican Americans
Citizenship
Masculinity
Mexican American soldiers
United States -- Armed Forces -- Mexican Americans -- History -- 20th century
United States
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780816536207
0816536201