Moving Beyond Borders: Julian Samora and the Establishment of Latino Studies

edited by Alberto López Pulido, Barbara Driscoll de Alvarado, Carmen Samora

This book examines the life and accomplishments of Julian Samora, the first Mexican American sociologist in the United States and the founding father of the discipline of Latino studies. Detailing his distinguished career at the University of Notre Dame from 1959 to 1984, the book documents the history of the Mexican American Graduate Studies program that Samora established at Notre Dame and traces his influence on the evolution of border studies, Chicano studies, and Mexican American studies.*

Responsibility: edited by Alberto López Pulido, Barbara Driscoll de Alvarado, Carmen Samora.Imprint: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.Physical description: xxi, 268 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.Series: Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest.
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