Anything But Mexican: Chicanos in Contemporary Los Angeles

by Rodolfo F. Acuña

By the year 2000, Mexicans and other Latinos will comprise fifty percent of the population of Los Angeles. In this new book, the author of the widely praised Occupied America describes the harsh realities facing Chicanos in LA today.

352 pages, Paperback

First published April 17, 1996

About the author

Rodolfo "Rudy" Francisco Acuña, Ph.D. 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. He has authored twenty-two books, including three children’s books, and Voices of the US Latino Experience; Corridors of Migration: Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600–1933; and Occupied America: A History of Chicanos.

Reviews

[Jacob Woocher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good book.... I would sorta compare it to City Of Quartz due to the era it was written, its general approach and outlook, and the sorta sweeping narrative you get of LA, even though the author focuses specifically on Chicanxs / Latinxs. I don't know why it's not something more widely read / discussed / referenced.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book that makes one's blood boil with rage, reminding readers of the long and nasty history of xenophobia against Mexicans.