CAS SO 207 Chapter Notes -United Farm Workers, Californio, Chicanismo
11 Mar 2014
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Santa fe/new mexico founded around 1600s (before jamestown), settlement developed amongst arizona, california, new mexico, and texas based on farming and herding, Military control (in new mexico they were evenly matched) Mexicans were vital source of inexpensive labor: contact period was a colonized status for mexican americans in all areas. Economics of conquest led to increased matriarchy and more mothers working outside home: mexican american women were most vulnerable part of the social system. In gordon"s terms, we characterize these situations as acculturation without integration aka structural pluralism but doesn"t describe the situation that well for mexican. Comparative focus: mexico, canada, and the us: spanish were first of 3 european nation to invade western hemisphere (before. Americans: latinos growing because of high birth rates and immigration, h. a. are partly ethnic minority group and partly racial minority group. Puerto ricans mix of white and black: labels and group names are important in hispanic american group.
