Kill The Gringo

Author : Jack Hood Vaughn
Publisher : Rare Bird Books, a Vireo Book
ISBN 13 : 9781945572173
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kill the Gringo written by Jack Hood Vaughn and published by Rare Bird Books, a Vireo Book. This book was released on 2017 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "American diplomat, director of the Peace Corps, US ambassador to Colombia and Panama, and conservationist"--Cover.

Author : David Montejano
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292722907
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quixote's Soldiers written by David Montejano and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1960s, San Antonio, Texas, was a segregated city governed by an entrenched Anglo social and business elite. The Mexican American barrios of the west and south sides were characterized by substandard housing and experienced seasonal flooding. Gang warfare broke out regularly. Then the striking farmworkers of South Texas marched through the city and set off a social movement that transformed the barrios and ultimately brought down the old Anglo oligarchy. In Quixote's Soldiers, David Montejano uses a wealth of previously untapped sources, including the congressional papers of Henry B. Gonzalez, to present an intriguing and highly readable account of this turbulent period. Montejano divides the narrative into three parts. In the first part, he recounts how college student activists and politicized social workers mobilized barrio youth and mounted an aggressive challenge to both Anglo and Mexican American political elites. In the second part, Montejano looks at the dynamic evolution of the Chicano movement and the emergence of clear gender and class distinctions as women and ex-gang youth struggled to gain recognition as serious political actors. In the final part, Montejano analyzes the failures and successes of movement politics. He describes the work of second-generation movement organizations that made possible a new and more representative political order, symbolized by the election of Mayor Henry Cisneros in 1981.

Author : Brian D. Behnken
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807834785
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Their Own Battles written by Brian D. Behnken and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1940 and 1975, African Americans and Mexican Americans in Texas fought a number of battles in court, at the ballot box, in schools, and on the streets to eliminate segregation and state-imposed racism. Although both groups engaged in civil rights

Author : Mark Mann
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1783722061
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gringo Trail written by Mark Mann and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Mann and his girlfriend Melissa set off to explore the ancient monuments, mountains and rainforests of South America. But for their friend Mark, South America meant only one thing: drugs. Sad, funny and shocking, The Gringo Trail is a darkly comic road-trip and a revealing journey through South America’s turbulent history.

Author : Carlos Fuentes
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466840145
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Old Gringo written by Carlos Fuentes and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Old Gringo, Carlos Fuentes brings the Mexico of 1916 uncannily to life. This novel is wise book, full of toughness and humanity and is without question one of the finest works of modern Latin American fiction. One of Fuentes's greatest works, the novel tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa's soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.

Author : Armando Navarro
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292743203
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexican American Youth Organization written by Armando Navarro and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the protest movements of the 1960s, the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) emerged as one of the principal Chicano organizations seeking social change. By the time MAYO evolved into the Raza Unida Party (RUP) in 1972, its influence had spread far beyond its Crystal City, Texas, origins. Its members precipitated some thirty-nine school walkouts, demonstrated against the Vietnam War, and confronted church and governmental bodies on numerous occasions. Armando Navarro here offers the first comprehensive assessment of MAYO's history, politics, leadership, ideology, strategies and tactics, and activist program. Interviews with many MAYO and RUP organizers and members, as well as first-hand knowledge drawn from his own participation in meetings, presentations, and rallies, enrich the text. This wealth of material yields the first reliable history of this extremely vocal and visible catalyst of the Chicano Movement. The book will add significantly to our understanding of Sixties protest movements and the social and political conditions that gave them birth.

Author : Juan A. SepÏlveda, Jr.
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781611922066
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Willie Velàsquez written by Juan A. SepÏlveda, Jr. and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2005-08-31 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William C. "Willie" Velásquez Jr. founded the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project (SVREP) and was an influential participant in other leading Latino rights and justice groups, including the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) and the Mexican American Unity Council (MAUC). From the late 1960s until his untimely death in 1988, Velásquez helped Mexican Americans and other Hispanics become active participants in American political life. Though still insufficiently appreciated, Velásquez holds a unique status in the pantheon of modern American civil rights figures. This critical biography features an introduction by Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Former Rhodes Scholar and Velásquez protégé Juan A. Sepúlveda Jr.'s biography of the man provides a first, definitive glimpse into his life and times. Based on Sepúlveda's close personal relationship and exchanges with Velásquez during the SVREP founder's final years, and over a dozen years of research and writing, the book chronicles Velásquez's influences, his landmark contributions to American civic culture, and his enduring legacy. This is the story of both parts of the man: the public and the private. Velásquez's biography sheds light on the nature and price of public leadership in American politics.

Author : Matt Kreutz
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Untamed Fury written by Matt Kreutz and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Convinced it's a trap to lure him into the open, Jake can't resist Callie. With his jaded worldview and dark sense of humor, he rushes back to the States. They've been trying to kill him for over fifteen years, and as long as those who want Jake dead still breathe, his friends Curt, Cash and Callie are in grave danger. A firsthand witness to the Oklahoma City Bombing Coverup, some in the Deep State's shadow government are on a mission to bury Jake and what he knows by any means necessary. It's the same reason they executed Jake's old schoolmate Timmy McVeigh faster than the speed of truth - dead men don't talk. These brutal government assassins seek to destroy Jake's reputation and then take his life. Collateral damage is inconsequential. With Jake in the ground, they're expecting to finally retire with a full-government pension, a mission-completion bonus and the status of heroes. But first, they'll need to get Jake Charm. It did not suddenly become easy. ''An excellent delivery of suspense, shock and thrill. A book you can't put down"- Peter Vazquez, the president of the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York. About the Author Matt Kreutz is an independent money manager and retirement planner, who also helps folks with their life insurance and Medicare insurance needs. He's a husband, father and grandfather, a farmer, a hunter, a BBQ-pit master, a woodworking craftsman and an all-around America-loving patriot.

Author : Jory Sherman
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
ISBN 13 : 1628150149
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mexican Showdown written by Jory Sherman and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Robert Kennedy
Publisher : J. Robert Kennedy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wrath of the Gods written by J. Robert Kennedy and published by J. Robert Kennedy. This book was released on 2017-02-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY *** A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY IS ABOUT TO BE REWRITTEN! A strange people land on the shores of the Mayan Empire, triggering a battle for the very survival of a civilization already in upheaval from a punishing drought, the fight falling to a young chieftain left to face what he believes is the wrath of gods angered by a loss of faith. A thousand years later, Archaeology Professors James Acton and Laura Palmer are invited to an incredible discovery that reveals the truth of what happened in those fateful days 400 years before Columbus. Yet before they can fully explore this amazing find, they are thrust into the middle of the Mexican drug war, Acton and Interpol Agent Hugh Reading taken hostage, leaving it up to Laura to save them. Four-time USA Today Bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy once again takes history and twists it to his own ends in Wrath of the Gods, an action-packed thrill ride only he can deliver. Prepare to be on the edge of your seat as a forgotten history is revealed, and a race against time unfolds with enough heart-pounding excitement, laughter and tears, to satisfy any action fan. With over 650,000 books in circulation and over 3000 Five-Star reviews, it’s time to join those who have compared Kennedy to Patterson, Clancy, Brown, Cussler and Rollins. Get your copy of Wrath of the Gods today, and discover the world of Archaeology Professor James Acton!