La Familia: Chicano Families in the Urban Southwest, 1848 to the Present

by Richard Griswold del Castillo

Overview

In detailed historical analyses of Mexican immigration, economic class struggle, intermarriage, urbanization and industrialization, regional differences, and discrimination and prejudice, La Familia demonstrates how such social and economic factors have contributed to the contemporary diversity of the Mexican-American family. By comparing their family experience with those of European immigrants, he discloses important dimensions of Mexican-American ethnicity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268085575
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	01/31/1991
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Richard Griswold del Castillo is chair of Chicana and Chicano Studies at San Diego State University. He is author of The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Legacy of Conflict, and The Los Angeles Barrio, 1850–1890: A Social History, and editor of Chicano San Diego: Cultural Space and the Struggle for Justice.

Richard Griswold del Castillo is chair of Chicana and Chicano Studies at San Diego State University. He is author of The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Legacy of Conflict, and The Los Angeles Barrio, 1850–1890: A Social History, and editor of Chicano San Diego: Cultural Space and the Struggle for Justice.

Editorial Reviews

"Using the combined theoretical perspectives of Mark Poster and Barbara Laslett as an initial framework for this work, Richard Griswold del Castillo recreates the history of Mexican American families in four Southwest communities: Tucson, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Santa Fe. . . . It can certainly be said that Castillo has added to the understanding of the historical and contemporary Mexican American family." —International Social Science Review

From the Publisher

“Castillo has written the first important historical examination of the Mexican-American family.

American Historical Review

“La Familia is an innovative historical study of a social institution vital to Mexican-American culture—the family—in a setting equally crucial to understanding Mexican-American history—the American Southwest. Griswold’s study represents an important advance in concept and practice of Chicano social history.

Journal of American Ethnic History

“. . . Concise and fascinating . . .

American Anthropologist

"Using the combined theoretical perspectives of Mark Poster and Barbara Laslett as an initial framework for this work, Richard Griswold del Castillo recreates the history of Mexican American families in four Southwest communities: Tucson, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Santa Fe. . . . It can certainly be said that Castillo has added to the understanding of the historical and contemporary Mexican American family."

International Social Science Review