(2004). The Political Economy of the Mexican Farm Labor Program, 1942-64. Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, v29 n2 p13 Fall. The Mexican Farm Labor Program brought in an unprecedented number of Mexican workers to perform harvesting jobs in U.S. agriculture between 1942 and 1964. A political economy perspective is used to examine the process by which U.S. agriculture has come to depend on Mexican workers….
(2004). Deus Ex Machina: Tradition, Technology, and the Chicanafuturist Art of Marion C. Martinez. Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, v29 n2 p55 Fall. The visual art of Marion C. Martinez is examined. Through technology, Martinez reproduces and transforms traditional Indo-Hispanic art forms, at the same time, underscores New Mexico's history as a dumping ground for technological waste….
(1976). A Demographic Comparison of the Mexican Origin Population in the Midwest and Southwest. Azlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 7, 2, 203-34, Sum 76. Utilizing available 1970 census data, the article compares the Mexican-origin populations residing in the Midwest and Southwest in terms of residential patterns, migration, median age, educational attainment, martial status, employment of wives, income, occupation, and industry. (NQ)…
(1976). Fifty Years of Theatre in the Latino Communities of Northwest Indiana. Azlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 7, 2, 255-65, Sum 76. The development of Latino drama is examined within the sociohistorical context of the Spanish speaking community's settlement and expansion. (NQ)…
(1976). Emigrants From the Migrant Stream: Environment and Incentives in Relocation. Azlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 7, 2, 267-90, Sum 76. The decisions of Mexican American migrants to relocate permanently in Wisconsin were examined. It was shown that their decisions were strongly affected by the structural positions of decision makers with respect to economic opportunities and social networks. (NQ)…
(1976). Una Colonia de Obreros: East Chicago, Indiana. (A Colony of Workmen: East Chicago, Indiana.). Azlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 7, 2, 327-36, Sum 76. The article gives a brief overview of the Mexicano experience in East Chicago, Indiana during the 1920s and characterizes it within the context of the Mexicano unskilled laborer experience in a region where productive increases were of tantamount importance. (AUTHOR/NQ)…
(1976). New Mexico in the Eighteenth Century: Life, Labor and Trade in la Villa de San Felipe de Albuquerque, 1706-1790. Azlan—-International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 7, 3, 357-89, F 76. …
(1976). The People of Santa Fe in the 1790s. Azlan—-International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 7, 3, 391-417, F 76. …
(1976). The Politics of Reelection: Se habla espanol. Azlan—-International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, 7, 3, 427-51, F 76. The article discusses what political strategies have been used by politicians to get the Spanish speaking population to help in the presidential elections. (NQ)…
(1983). Beyond the Cientificos: The Educational Background of the Porfirian Political Elite. Aztlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, v14 n2 p289-306 Fall. Broadening the investigation of Mexico's Porfirian political elite, the study examines the education, professional training, and alternatives to formal education of 70 Union Liberal delegates. The delegates represent a microcosm of the political leaders of the middle Porfirian period. The article also discusses the formation of the Union Liberal. (SB)…
(1983). Barreda, Vasconcelos, and Mexican Educational Reforms. Aztlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, v14 n2 p307-41 Fall. Reviews the contributions to Mexican education of Gabino Barredas' positivism between 1867-1898 and the contributions of Jose Vasconcelos during the 1920s. Discusses the secondary curriculum reforms of Barreda's era and the vocational education and the education for women and adults during the Vasconcelos era. (SB)…
(1983). Research and Theory on Hispanic Education: Students, Finance, and Governance. Aztlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, v14 n1 p111-46 Spr. Reviews the status of Hispanic education, examines studies of Hispanic students, describes major finance and governance issues in Hispanic education, and explores theoretical models of internal colonialism as a means of understanding the condition of Hispanic education. Proposes a research agenda for Hispanic education. (Author/SB)…
(1983). The Desegregated School and Status Relations among Anglo and Hispanic Students: The Dilemma of School Desegregation. Aztlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, v14 n1 p147-73 Spr. Examines the effect of mixing students from different ethnic/racial and social class backgrounds on status relationships among Anglo and Hispanic students by integrating the findings of two streams of research which emanate from two social policy goals, cultural assimilation and reduction of racial prejudice. (SB)…
(1981). Perspiring Capitalists: Latinos and the Henry Ford Service School, 1918-1928. Aztlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, v12 n2 p227-39 Fall. The Ford Service School was a program established by the Ford Motor Company to train a small core of highly educated, well-connected men to set up the most important automotive empire in Latin America. This core group was crucial in setting up sales branches and assembly plants in foreign markets. (NQA)…
(1981). Locus of Control in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Aztlan–International Journal of Chicano Studies Research, v12 n2 p241-57 Fall. Caution should be exercised in transporting the concept of locus of control to either Mexico or Japan, and by implication, to other cultures. Careful attention must be given both to the meaning of this concept in the other cultures, and to the behaviors predictable from its measurement within each culture. (Author/NQA)…