Racism on trial : the Chicano fight for justice / Ian F. Haney López.

Title:

ISBN:

9780674010680

Personal Author:

Haney-López, Ian

Publication Information:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.

Physical Description:

x, 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Contents:

Litigating Mexican identity. The Chicano movement cases ; Proving Mexicans exist ; The Mexican race in East L.A. -- Common sense and legal violence. Judges and intentional racism ; Race and racism as common sense ; Law enforcement and legal violence -- The Chicano race. The Chicano movement and East L.A. Thirteen ; From young citizens to brown berets ; Inventing Chicanos.

Geographic Term:

East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Trials, litigation, etc.

East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations.

United States -- Race relations -- Case studies

Subject Term:

Mexican Americans -- Civil rights--California--East Los Angeles -- History 20th century.

Mexican Americans -- Race identity--California--East Los Angeles.

Mexican Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.--California--East Los Angeles -- History 20th century.

Political activists -- Legal status, laws, etc.--California--East Los Angeles -- History 20th century.

Civil rights movements--California--East Los Angeles -- History 20th century.

Racism--California--East Los Angeles -- History 20th century.

Racism -- Case studies.