Ask A Mexican

Author : Gustavo Arellano
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-22
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781416540038

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Ask a Mexican by Gustavo Arellano Pdf

DEAR MEXICAN: WHAT IS ASK A MEXICAN ? Questions and answers about our spiciest Americans. I explore the clich s of lowriders, busboys, and housekeepers; drunks and scoundrels; heroes and celebrities; and most important, millions upon millions of law-abiding, patriotic American citizens and their illegal-immigrant cousins who represent some $600 billion in economic power. WHY SHOULD I READ ASK A MEXICAN ? At 37 million strong (or 13 percent of the U.S. population), Latinos have become America's largest minority -- and beaners make up some two-thirds of that number. I confront the bogeymen of racism, xenophobia, and ignorance prompted by such demographic changes through answering questions put to me by readers of my Ask a Mexican column in California's OC Weekly. I challenge you to find a more entertaining way to immerse yourself in Mexican culture that doesn't involve a taco-and-enchilada combo. OKAY, WHY DO MEXICANS PARK THEIR CARS ON THE FRONT LAWN? Where do you want us to park them? The garage we rent out to a family of five? The backyard where we put up our recently immigrated cousins in tool-shack-cum-homes? The street with the red curbs recently approved by city planners? The driveway covered with construction materials for the latest expansion of la casa? The nearby school parking lot frequented by cholos on the prowl for a new radio? The lawn is the only spot Mexicans can park their cars without fear of break-ins, drunken crashes, or an unfortunate keying. Besides, what do you think protects us from drive-bys? The cops?

Author : Hilda Chacón
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351784658

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Online Activism in Latin America by Hilda Chacón Pdf

Online Activism in Latin America examines the innovative ways in which Latin American citizens, and Latin@s in the U.S., use the Internet to advocate for causes that they consider just. The contributions to the volume analyze citizen-launched websites, interactive platforms, postings, and group initiatives that support a wide variety of causes, ranging from human rights to disability issues, indigenous groups’ struggles, environmental protection, art, poetry and activism, migrancy, and citizen participation in electoral and political processes. This collection bears witness to the early stages of a very unique and groundbreaking form of civil activism culture now growing in Latin America.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1502 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Mexico
ISBN : LOC:00158291769

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Investigation of Mexican Affairs by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : Gustavo Arellano
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439123201

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Orange County by Gustavo Arellano Pdf

Bestselling author of ¡Ask a Mexican! Gustavo Arellano returns with Orange County, a seamlessly woven history of California's Orange County with Gustavo's personal narrative of growing up within its neighborhoods. The story began in 1918, when Gustavo Arellano's great-grandfather and grandfather arrived in the United States, only to be met with flying potatoes. They ran, and hid, and then went to work in Orange County's citrus groves, where, eventually, thousands of fellow Mexican villagers joined them. Gustavo was born sixty years later, the son of a tomato canner who dropped out of school in the ninth grade and an illegal immigrant who snuck into this country in the trunk of a Chevy. Meanwhile, Orange County changed radically, from a bucolic paradise of orange groves to the land where good Republicans go to die, American Christianity blossoms, and way too many bad television shows are green-lit. Part personal narrative, part cultural history, Orange County is the outrageous and true story of the man behind the wildly popular and controversial column ¡Ask a Mexican! and the locale that spawned him. It is a tale of growing up in an immigrant enclave in a crime-ridden neighborhood, but also in a promised land, a place that has nourished America's soul and Gustavo's family, both in this country and back in Mexico, for a century. Nationally bestselling author, syndicated columnist, and the spiciest voice of the Mexican-American community, Gustavo Arellano delivers the hilarious and poignant follow-up to ¡Ask a Mexican!, his critically acclaimed debut. Orange County not only weaves Gustavo's family story with the history of Orange County and the modern Mexican-immigrant experience but also offers sharp, caliente insights into a wide range of political, cultural, and social issues.

Author : Ned Crouch
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781417526833

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Mexicans & Americans by Ned Crouch Pdf

Understand why good neighbors are separated by the meaning of yes Whether negotiating a delivery date, launching a local franchise or renting a car in Mexico City, speaking the language and knowing the rules of business are not enough. In any culture where yes can mean no - or sometimes maybe - even giants like Wal-Mart and IBM can make costly mistakes. Mexicans and Americans gets to the heart of our differences and lays the groundwork for cultural fluency. Here is a humorous and insightful firthand look at how to succeed in working with Mexicans - on either side of the border. Steeped in the richness of Mexican culture and history, Ned Crouch helps us understand the most critical elements that determine what works and what doesn't when Mexicans and Americans come together in business: our different views of time and space, and our construction and use of language. He debunks the manana stereotype and offers specific advice on how to cross the cultural divide that separates us.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1846 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Americans
ISBN : UCAL:B5145618

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Investigation of Mexican Affairs by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : George J. Borjas
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226066684

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Mexican Immigration to the United States by George J. Borjas Pdf

From debates on Capitol Hill to the popular media, Mexican immigrants are the subject of widespread controversy. By 2003, their growing numbers accounted for 28.3 percent of all foreign-born inhabitants of the United States. Mexican Immigration to the United States analyzes the astonishing economic impact of this historically unprecedented exodus. Why do Mexican immigrants gain citizenship and employment at a slower rate than non-Mexicans? Does their migration to the U.S. adversely affect the working conditions of lower-skilled workers already residing there? And how rapid is the intergenerational mobility among Mexican immigrant families? This authoritative volume provides a historical context for Mexican immigration to the U.S. and reports new findings on an immigrant influx whose size and character will force us to rethink economic policy for decades to come. Mexican Immigration to the United States will be necessary reading for anyone concerned about social conditions and economic opportunities in both countries.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000024722674

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The Mexican Peso Crisis by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019638241

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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : William H. Beezley,Monica A. Rankin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442241237

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Problems in Modern Mexican History by William H. Beezley,Monica A. Rankin Pdf

Mexicans, since national independence, have defined their challenges as problems or dimensions in their lives. They have faced these issues alone or with others through politics, security (the military, police, or even public health squads), religion, family, and popular groups. This unique reader collects documents—texts, visuals, videos, and sounds—from organizational reports, popular expressions, and ephemeral creations to express these concerns, reveal responses, and measure successes. They allow readers to consider and discuss how these documents enabled Mexicans to evaluate their history and culture from 1810 to the present. Offering a wide variety of materials that can be tailored to the needs of individual instructors, these rich sources will ​stimulate critical thinking and give students new insights and often surprising respect and understanding for the ways Mexicans have managed to find humor, even magic, in their lives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOMDLP:ajl4446:0001.001

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PAPERS RELATIVE TO MEXICAN AFFAIRS. by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Mexico
ISBN : ONB:+Z202625308

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Papers Relative to Mexican Affairs by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Mexico
ISBN : UCR:31210008296731

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Twenty-sixth Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Conference by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen Cooper,Clorinda Donato
Publisher : Fordham University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780823287888

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John Fante's Ask the Dust by Stephen Cooper,Clorinda Donato Pdf

This volume assembles for the first time a staggering multiplicity of reflections and readings of John Fante’s 1939 classic, Ask the Dust, a true testament to the work’s present and future impact. The contributors to this work—writers, critics, fans, scholars, screenwriters, directors, and others—analyze the provocative set of diaspora tensions informing Fante’s masterpiece that distinguish it from those accounts of earlier East Coast migrations and minglings. A must-read for aficionados of L.A. fiction and new migration literature, John Fante’s “Ask the Dust”: A Joining of Voices and Views is destined for landmark status as the first volume of Fante studies to reveal the novel’s evolving intertextualities and intersectionalities. Contributors: Miriam Amico, Charles Bukowski, Stephen Cooper, Giovanna DiLello, John Fante, Valerio Ferme, Teresa Fiore, Daniel Gardner, Philippe Garnier, Robert Guffey, Ryan Holiday, Jan Louter, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Meagan Meylor, J’aime Morrison, Nathan Rabin, Alan Rifkin, Suzanne Manizza Roszak, Danny Shain, Robert Towne, Joel Williams

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Oil pollution of rivers, harbors, etc
ISBN : LOC:0018579846A

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Blowout of the Mexican Oil Well Ixtoc I by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Pdf