Mario T. Garcia

Mario T. García earned his Ph.D. in history at the University of California, San Diego. He is professor of Chicano studies and history at UC Santa Barbara.

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Literature as History

Autobiography, Testimonio, and the Novel in the Chicano and Latino Experience

The University of Arizona Press

Mario T. García, a leader in the field of Chicano history and one of the foremost historians of his generation, explores how Chicano historians can use Chicano and Latino literature as important historical sources.

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The Making of a Mexican American Mayor

Raymond L. Telles of El Paso and the Origins of Latino Political Power

The University of Arizona Press

Politician Raymond L. Telles was the first Mexican American mayor of a major U.S. city and the first Mexican American U.S. ambassador. Mario T. García’s updated biography of the ambitious, distinguished, and talented Telles brings the Chicano struggle for political representation to a new generation of readers.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Rewriting the Chicano Movement

New Histories of Mexican American Activism in the Civil Rights Era

The University of Arizona Press

Rewriting the Chicano Movement is an insightful new history of the Chicano Movement that expands the meaning and understanding of this seminal historical period in Chicano history. The essays introduce new individuals and struggles previously omitted from Chicano Movement history.

  • Copyright year: 2021
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