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Author Márquez, Lorena V., 1976- author.

Title La gente : struggles for empowerment and community self-determination in Sacramento / Lorena V. Márquez
Published Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Building comunidad in Chicana/o Sacramento -- Politics of speaking for la gente in a desegregation case -- Chicana/o cannery workers resist through union organizing -- Chicana/o and Native American students form cross- ethnic community
Summary "La Gente traces the rise of the Chicana/o Movement in Sacramento and the role of everyday people in galvanizing a collective to seek lasting and transformative change during the 1960s and 1970s. In their efforts to be self-determined, la gente contested multiple forms of oppression at school, at work sites, and in their communities"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Chicano movement -- California -- Sacramento -- History -- 20th century
Working class -- Political activity -- California -- Sacramento -- History -- 20th century
Chicano movement.
Working class -- Political activity.
California -- Sacramento.
Genre/Form Informational works.
History.
Informational works.
Documents d'information.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780816541973
0816541973