General Introduction: Who Are These People And What Do They Want?Introduction For Students: Why We Love Power But Hate PoliticsPART I: ORIGINS AND THEORIESA. A Dream Of Justice: Contexts, Methods And Practices In Latino/A ThoughtChapter 1. I Am Joaquín: An Epic PoemChapter 2. A Continental American Quest For DemocracyChapter 3. The Chicana Woman: An Historical Materialist PerspectiveChapter 4. Chicanology: Law, Class Struggle, And Power/KnowledgeB. Seduction And Aggression: The Birth Of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans And Cuban-Americans As Territorial, Involuntary, And Cultural U.S. CitizensPART II MEXICAN AND AMERICANSA. First Encounters Between Anglo And Mexican Americans.Chapter 5. The Making Of A Tejano: The Personal Memoirs Of John N. Seguín, Jesús De La TejaB. The United States War With MexicoChapter 6. Letter From James Buchanan, And Selections From The Treaty Of Guadalupe HidalgoC. The Fragile Political Status Of Mexican Americans And Their Continued Fight For InclusionChapter 7. El Primer Congreso Mexicanista De 1911: A Precursor To Contemporary ChicanismoChapter 8. Epilogue From Decade Of BetrayalChapter 9. The Organizer's TaleChapter 10. Brown Beret National PoliciesChapter 11. Queer Aztlán: The Re-Formation Of Chicano TribeChapter 12. Class And Culture Wars In The New Latino PoliticsPART III CUBANS AND AMERICANSA. The Treaty Of Paris: Exchanging Colonial Masters Or Establishing Relations Of Mutual Desire?Chapter 13. Meanings In TransitionChapter 14. The Platt Amendment (1901)B. Cuban Self-Determination Under U.S. HegemonyChapter 15. El Exilio: National Security Interests And The Origins Of The Cuban Exile EnclaveChapter 16. Havana USAChapter 17. Poem: Last-Mambo-In-MiamiPART IV PUERTO RICAN AND AMERICANSA. Under Two Empires: A 400-Year StruggleChapter 18. Excerpts Form The Foraker And Jones Act, And Public Law 600 The Commonwealth Of Puerto RicoChapter 19. Albizu Campos And The Ponce MassacreChapter 20. Young Lords Party: 13-Point Program And PlatformB. Searching For The Best Life, Not The Best CitizenshipChapter 21. The Divorce Of Nationalist Discourses From The Puerto Rican PeopleChapter 22. Reconstructing Racial Identity: Ethnicity, Color, And Class Among Dominicans In The United States And Puerto RicoChapter 23. Poem: Native Of Nowhere
PART V: HISTORY OF THE PRESENTA. Comparative Thumbnail Sketch Of The Status Of Mexicans, Cubans And Puerto Ricans In The United StatesChapter 24. Fields of Knowledge for Democracy, Justice, and Community: A Latina QuestChapter 25. Transnational Political And Cultural Identities: Crossing Theoretical BordersChapter 26. 'Aqui Estamos Y No Nos Vamos!' Global Capital And Immigrant RightsChapter 27. A Postdemocratic EraB. Latino U.S.A: A Canary In The Mine Of Continental DemocracyAPPENDIX: TO THE INSTRUCTOR.