Book
The Mexican-American people: the Nation's second largest minority
Free Press • New York • Published In 1970 • Pages:
By: Grebler, Leo, Moore, Joan W., Guzman, Ralph C., Berlant, Jeffrey Lionel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is the result of a comprehensive interdisciplinary study of Mexican-Americans in the five southwestern states. Intensive surveys were conducted in San Antonio, Texas and Los Angeles, California. The study also involved extensive analysis of census data. Information is presented on history, socioeconomic conditions, the individual in the social system, the role of churches, and political behavior. In many of the tables, the data are arranged in terms of 'colonies' and 'frontiers.' These terms refer to the ethnic composition of neighborhoods and indicate varying levels of acculturation. 'Frontiers' are areas where less than 15% of the households are Mexican-American, and 'colonies' are areas with more than 43.8% Mexican-Americans (p. 305).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Poverty
- Occupational specialization
- Labor supply and employment
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural participation
- Urban and rural life
- Internal migration
- External migration
- Information sources listed in other works
- Classes
- Community structure
- Legal and judicial personnel
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Ethos
- Education system
- Household
- Family relationships
- Housing
- Income and demand
- Cultural identity and pride
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- Private welfare agencies
- Social work
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Economist
- Sociologist
- Political Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- mid nineteenth century - 1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Leo Grebler, Joan W. Moore [and] Ralph C. Guzman. With Jeffrey L. Berlant [and others]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 677-742)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73081931
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans