ISBN10: 0140213562, ISBN13: 9780140213560, [publisher: Penguin, Harmondsworth] Softcover 5th printing of this mass market paperback edition - a Pelican Original. Pp 286. Previous owner's initials neatly in ink on the half-title elsea clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Light spotting to the book block edges.
[Montmorillon, France] [Publication Year: 1978]
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Pelican, Date: 1973. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 1973. Pelican ISBN 0140213562 9780140213560 [US]

ISBN10: 0140213562, ISBN13: 9780140213560, [publisher: Penguin, Middlesex] Softcover Reprint. Pages faintly yellowed; binding tight; spine a little worn.
[Cheltenham, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1978]

Penguin Group 1971 1st ed paperback Baltimore. 1971. Pelican/Penguin Books. 1st Pelican Paperback Edition. Very Good in Worn Wrappers. 0140213562. 286 pages. paperback. Cover design by Al Pisano. Cover art based on a mural by Diego Rivera. keywords: Pelican History Sociology Literature Chicano America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-A unique anthology of writings by and about Mexican Americans. The editors have chosen articles, fiction, and poetry that form a realistic picture of Chicano life today-reminiscences of Mexican American childhood, accounts of Chicanos in the American school system, reports on strikes by Chicano workers, and poems and stories that reflect the hard realities of poverty and alienation. The contributors include Cesar Chavez on the California grape strike; Joan Baez on her experiences as a Mexican American; and Reies Lopez Tijerina, who offers his first article since the dramatic Tierra Amarilla courthouse raid of 1967. There are more than seven million Chicanos. in the United States, and few of them could be recognized in such fading stereotypes as the lazy loafer with a sombrero over his face, the black-mustachioed bandit, the fiery-eyed revolutionary, or the dancing senorita whirling to the chatter of castanets. As Ed Ludwig writes in his introduction: ‘The Afro-American has succeeded. to a great extent, in erasing many of the old false images. Al Jolson with his black-face is no longer with us. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO is exiled. Now it's the Chicano's turn. ' ...

Middlesex Penguin 1978 Trade paperback Used-Good. Good paperback. Reprint. Pages faintly yellowed; binding tight; spine a little worn.

Penquin Books, Date: 1978. 286 yellowing pages, yellow with red pictorial cover, black ltrs, blue spine and back cover, spine edges scruffed. Anthology of writings by and about Mexican Americans chosen from articles, fiction and poetry that form a realistic picture of Chicano life today. Sociology and literature.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 1978. Penquin Books ISBN 0140213562 9780140213560 [US]