Occupied America: A History of Chicanos [rental Edition]

For courses in history of Mexican Americans.

Authoritative introduction to Mexican American history

Occupied America: A History of Chicanos -- by Rodolfo F. Acu a, one of the foremost and most highly-regarded voices in Chicano history and ethnic studies -- is among the most comprehensive and definitive introductory Chicano history texts available today. Passionately, engagingly written, and extensively researched, Occupied America covers Chicano history in its entirety and uses timelines to provide clear contexts for the most important events, illuminating today's struggles in the process. The 9th Edition has been extensively updated, largely in light of the 2016 Presidential election and the "Age of Trump," and for better precision of language.

NOTE: This loose-leaf, three-hole punched version of the textbook gives students the flexibility to take only what they need to class and add their own notes -- all at an affordable price.

Rodolfo F. Acuña is the founding chair of the Chicana/o Studies department at California State University at Northridge, the largest Chicana/o Studies Department in the United States with 27 tenured professors. He has authored 24 books, three of which received the Gustavus Myers Award for the Outstanding Book on Race Relations in North America, and edited four volumes.

Acuña has received the prestigious John Hope Franklin Distinguished Scholar Award from Diversity in Higher Education, (2016), the National Hispanic Institute Lifetime Achievement Award, Austin, Texas, 2008, A Life Time Achievement Award from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 2010, the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Chicano Studies, the Emil Freed Award for Community Service, the National Association of Educators Humanitarian Award, and the Founder's Award for Community Service from the Liberty Hill Foundation, among others. Black Issues in Higher Education selected Acuña one of the "100 Most Influential Educators of the 20th Century."

Among his best-known books are: Voices of the U.S. Latino Experience; Corridors of Migration: Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933 (winner of a CHOICE outstanding Academic Title Award); Occupied America: A History of Chicanos; Sometimes There is No Other Side: The Myth of Equality; Anything But Mexican: Chicanos in Contemporary Los Angeles; US Latinos: An Inquiry; Community Under Siege; The Sonoran Strongman; and The Making of Chicana/o Studies: In the Trenches of Academe. Acuña has also published three children's books and more than 200 academic and public articles, in addition to over 160 book reviews in academic journals, and an interactive Student/Teacher Guide to Chicana/o Studies.