Books in the CMAS Mexican American Monograph series

This engrossing study goes beyond sensational headlines and biased memories to provide an understanding of the zoot-suit riots in the context of both Mexican American and Anglo social history.

Drawing on many years of experience in the barrios as a youth worker, high school teacher, and researcher, Vigil examines the complex factors that give birth and persistence to gangs.

A history of conjunto music and musicians.

This study examines Mexican American fertility patterns in the decade 1970-1980.

In this groundbreaking study, Guillermo Hernandez focuses on the uses of satire in the works of three authors-Luis Valdez, Rolando Hinojosa, and Jose Montoya-and on the larger context of Chicano culture in which satire operates.