Books by Mario T. Garcia

A political and intellectual history of the Chicano leaders who emerged from the barrios of the Southwest, and of their effort to capture first-class citizenship for Mexican Americans. Drawing on archival material and oral history, it discusses key figures, organizations and issues of the movement.

'The book is a major contribution- the product of serious research, competently written, and almost entirely free of partisan emotion.' -C.L. Sonnichsen, Journal of Arizona History

Best known as the leader of the farm workers' struggle and of the Latino civil rights movement, Chvez, like Ghandi and Dr Martin Luther King, was a religious figure whose faith and spirituality guided his public life. This book uses the leader's own words to bring attention to his faith and the way this faith shaped his leadership.