{"product_id":"mexican-americans-with-moxie-frank-p-barajas-9781496207630","title":"Mexican Americans with Moxie: A Transgenerational History of El Movimiento Chicano in Ventura County, California, 1945-1975","description":"In \u003ci\u003eMexican Americans with Moxie\u003c\/i\u003e Frank P. Barajas argues that Chicanas and Chicanos of the 1960s and 1970s expressed politics distinct from the Mexican American generation that came of age in the decades prior. Barajas focuses on the citrus communities of Fillmore and Santa Paula and the more economically diversified and populated rurban municipalities of Oxnard, Simi Valley, and Ventura, illustrating Ventura County's relationship to Los Angeles and El Movimiento's ties to suburbanization, freeway construction, and the rise of a high-tech and defense-industry corridor. \u003ci\u003eMexican Americans with Moxie\u003c\/i\u003e devotes particular attention to cross-cultural dynamics that transcended space and generation. The residents of Ventura County became involved with national issues such as the Vietnam War, school desegregation, labor, and electoral politics. The actions of Black students at the community colleges of Moorpark and Ventura and other area universities inspired Mexican American youth of Ventura County to assess their own activism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMexican Americans with Moxie\u003c\/i\u003e situates the Chicana-Chicano movement within the nation's struggle to achieve social justice. From this history, readers will gain a new appreciation for how leadership development spans generations and contributes to the identity formation of communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank P. Barajas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496207637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496207630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022","brand":"Frank P. Barajas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047619850495,"sku":"9781496207630","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6260ff9-f9ce-41a4-aa8e-ee432e090ae5.jpg?v=1684991258","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mexican-americans-with-moxie-frank-p-barajas-9781496207630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}