Depicts the continuing struggle of Mexican Americans, describes their history, their culture, and discusses the influence of the Roman Catholic Church on their lives
Author(s): Stan Steiner
Publisher: New York : Harper
Year: 1970
Language: English
Pages: 418
pt. 1. Conquistador on a Motorcycle -- The Black Swords of HH Mondragon -- The Stones of the Poor -- The Lion and the Cricket -- The Fall of the Bastille of Yellow Earth -- The New Breed -- The Death and Resurrection of the Rural Village
pt. 2. La Junta -- Exodus -- The Man with the Guitar -- In the Barrios of the City of Angels and Seven Hells -- The Urban Villages -- The Masks of the Invisible Men -- The Quaint Starve -- The Communal Colony -- Evening in the Barrios -- The Conquered Country -- In the Suburbs of the Spanish Myths -- The Secret Politicians -- Gracias por Nada -- The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa -- The De-education Schools -- The Language of La Raza -- The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa -- The Chicanos
pt. 3. In the Vineyards of the Lord of the Land -- The Man Who Worked for Thirty Years Without Pay -- The Dignity of the Farm Worker -- Gringoismo! -- El Grito of the Landless -- On a Lonely Country Road -- The War of the Flowers -- The Men Without Numbers -- The Coyote Talks -- The Cross of Cesar Chavez -- Viva La Cucaracha! -- The Unfrocked Priests -- Of Blood and Death -- The Region of the Damned -- Blood and Death -- The Quiet Revolution -- The Poet in the Boxing Ring
