The advent of Chicano Studies in the 1960s spawned a tremendous interest in the history of Mexicans in the United States. Committed to a multidisciplinary approach from the very outset, Chicano and Chicana scholars used a variety of perspectives to explain the Mexican-American past. As was true of other non-traditional fields, in the beginning Chicana/o works lacked theoretical sophistication and tended toward simplistic interpretations. Many works were unabashedly celebratory in nature. Consequently, there was a natural reluctance by many publishing houses to accept their work, forcing many ethnic scholars to turn to professional journals, many of them obscure, for the publication of their work, a legacy that continues to the present. Happily, the work of Chicana/o historians and their colleagues in other disciplines has grown increasingly sophisticated, notably since the mid-1980s. Today, the work of these ethnic scholars is at the forefront of studies on class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. The rapid strides made by Chicana/o scholars, particularly historians, are reflected in the numerous prestigious prizes accorded their literary efforts in recent years. Much of this path-breaking work on Mexican-American history first appeared in scholarly reviews. Unfortunately, many of these journals are difficult to access, even by academics themselves. "En Aquel Entonces" is intended as a partial solution to the problem. This anthology brings together thirty-one of the most innovative journal articles published during the past thirty years. This collection, from a variety of disciplines, provides students of history with a panoramic portrait of Mexicanos in the United States while at the same time introducing them to Chicana/o historiography.

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Preliminary Table of Contents Introduction by Manuel G. Gonzales Genesis of a People: Before 1848 1. Antonia I. Castaneda, Presidarias y Pobladoras: The Journey North and Life in Frontier California. 2. Ramon A. Gutierrez, Honor Ideology, Marriage Negotiation, and Class-Gender Domination in New Mexico, 1690-1846. 3. David A. Sandoval, Gnats, Goods, and Greasers: Mexican Merchants on the Santa Fe Trail. 4. Federico A. Sanchez, Rancho Life in Alta California. 5. Jesus F. de la Teja, Discovering the Tejano Community in "Early" Texas. 6. Raymund A. Paredes, The Origins of Anti-Mexican Sentiment in the United States. II. Gringos versus Greasers: 1848-1900 7. Arnoldo De Leon, In Re Ricardo Rodriguez: An Attempt at Chicano Disfranchisement in San Antonio, 1896-1897. 8. Armando C. Alonzo, Mexican-American Land Grant Adjudication. 9. Antonio Rios-Bustamante, The Barrioization of Nineteenth-Century Mexican Californians: From Landowners to Laborers. 10. Richard Griswold del Castillo, Tucsonenses and Angelenos: A Socio-Economic Study of Two Mexican-American Barrios, 1860-1880. 11. Alberto L. Pulido, Mexican American Catholicism in the Southwest: The Transformation of a Popular Religion. 12. Manuel G. Gonzales, Carlos I. Velasco and the Defense of Mexican Rights in Territorial Arizona. III. The Great Migration: 1900-1940 13. Louise Ano Nuevo Kerr, Chicanos in Chicago: A Brief History. 14. Dennis Nodin Valdos, Settlers, Sojourners, and Proletarians: Social Formation in the Great Plains Sugar Beets Industry, 1890-1940. 15. Ricardo Romo, The Urbanization of Southwestern Chicanos in the Early 20th Century. 16. Cynthia E. Orozco, Regionalism, Politics, and Gender in Southwest History: The League of United Latin American Citizens' Expansion into New Mexico from Texas, 1929-1945. 17. Ramon D. Chacon, Labor Threat and Industrialized Agriculture in California: The Case of the 1933 San Joaquin Valley Cotton Strike. 18. Gilbert G. Gonzalez, Women, Work, and Community in the Mexican Colonias of the Southern California Citrus Belt. 19. Irene Ledesma, Texas Newspapers and Chicana Workers' Activism, 1919-1974. IV. The Rise of the Middle Class: 1940-1965 20. Erasmo Gamboa, Braceros in the Pacific Northwest: Laborers on the Domestic Front, 1942-1947. 21. Christine Marin, Mexican Americans on the Home Front: Community Organizations in Arizona during World War II. 22. Vicki L. Ruiz, A Promise Fulfilled: Mexican Cannery Workers in Southern California. 23. Mario T. Garcia, Americans All: The Mexican-American Generation and the Politics of Wartime Los Angeles, 1941-1945. 24. Manuel Pena, From Ranchero to Jaiton: Ethnicity and Class in Texas-Mexican Music (Two Styles in the Form of a Pair). 25. Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., The Struggle against Separate and Unequal Schools: Middle Class Mexican Americans and the Desegregation Campaign in Texas, 1929-1957. V. Chicanismo and Its Aftermath: 1965-2000 26. Richard A. Garcia, Dolores Huerta: Woman, Organizer, Symbol.27. Carlos Munoz, Jr., and Mario Barrera, La Raza Unida Party and the Chicano Student Movement in California. 28. Maurilio Vigil, The Ethnic Organization as an Instrument of Political and Social Change: MALDEF, A Case Study. 29. Alma M. Garcia, The Development of Chicana Feminist Discourse, 1970-1980. 30. Mary Pardo, Mexican American Women Grassroots Community Activists: "Mothers of East Los Angeles." 31. Leo R. Chavez, Settlers and Sojourners: The Case of Mexicans in the United States. Bibliographic Essay