Toward A Chicano Social Science

Although Mexican Americans comprise the United States' second largest minority group, most studies have provided only a historical perspective on Chicano issues. In contrast, Toward a Chicano Social Science presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Mexican Americans, incoporating race relations theory to analyze the sociohistorical conditions of Chicanos in contemporary society. A special feature of the book is its focus on Chicanos and gender roles within Chicano life, a topic often neglected in other texts. Written at the undergraduate level, Blea's text provides a thorough analysis of both theoretical and applied issues, which will aid students and professors of Chicano ethnic, and women's studies, sociology, and social work.

?"Blea's monograph on the Chicano sociohistorical experience provides an insightful analysis of the nation's second largest minority group. Blea writes from a general conflict theory approach, particularly applying the internal colonial model to the Chicano experience. She weaves into her discussion of this ethnic/minority group topics of general sociological concern, e.g., social stratification, culture, gender, social control, and political organization. A good book . . . ." Choice "This is a broad interdisciplinary review for undergraduate level of the Mexican American experience in the United States. . . . The most salient writings and most outstanding issues impinging upon the social experience of the Chicano are examined. A section in particular on Mexican American Female experience is worth noting."?-LA RED/THE NET, ?This is a broad interdisciplinary review for undergraduate level of the Mexican American experience in the United States that incorporates sociological, anthropological, economic, psychological, political, humanistic, literary, and feminist perspectives. The most salient writings and most outstanding issues impinging upon the social experience of the Chicano are examined. A section in particular on Mexican American female experience is worth noting. This review advocates the internal colonial model as the dominant theoretical perspective for the study of the Mexican American experience.?-LA RED/THE NET, "This is a broad interdisciplinary review for undergraduate level of the Mexican American experience in the United States that incorporates sociological, anthropological, economic, psychological, political, humanistic, literary, and feminist perspectives. The most salient writings and most outstanding issues impinging upon the social experience of the Chicano are examined. A section in particular on Mexican American female experience is worth noting. This review advocates the internal colonial model as the dominant theoretical perspective for the study of the Mexican American experience."-LA RED/THE NET, ""Blea's monograph on the Chicano sociohistorical experience provides an insightful analysis of the nation's second largest minority group. Blea writes from a general conflict theory approach, particularly applying the internal colonial model to the Chicano experience. She weaves into her discussion of this ethnic/minority group topics of general sociological concern, e.g., social stratification, culture, gender, social control, and political organization. A good book . . . ." Choice "This is a broad interdisciplinary review for undergraduate level of the Mexican American experience in the United States. . . . The most salient writings and most outstanding issues impinging upon the social experience of the Chicano are examined. A section in particular on Mexican American Female experience is worth noting.""-LA RED/THE NET

IRENE I. BLEA is currently an associate professor at Metropolitan State College in Denver, where she teaches Chicano studies in the department of sociology.