Publication Date
2011
Degree Type
Master's Project
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Mexican American Studies
First Advisor
Gregorio Mora Torres
Second Advisor
Julia E. Curry Rodríguez
Abstract
Traditional U.S. historical scholars, as a matter of practice, carelessly push the history of the Mexican American community to the fringes of the collective historical consciousness of this country by selecting the common stories that students of all races learn. This study examines the problem of insufficient and inadequate historical scholarship pertaining to people of Mexican ancestry of the United States. By providing a local history of Mexican Americans in the Sacramento Valley this project provides a challenge to the legacy of historical exclusion by documenting the contributions and experiences of the Mexican American World War II generation and provides an alternative historical perspective to the World War II narrative.
Recommended Citation
Mercado, Juan Pablo, "Re-envisioning the Mexican American Experience in World War II: A Local History of Sacramento & the Mexican American WWII Generation" (2011). Master's Projects. 192.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.r8d3-w7yc
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_projects/192
