Barrio Boy

40th Anniversary Edition
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-268-02979-1
Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 424 g

<em>Barrio Boy</em> is the remarkable story of one boy's journey from a Mexican village so small its main street didn't have a name, to the barrio of Sacramento, California, bustling and thriving in the early decades of the twentieth century. With vivid imagery and a rare gift for re-creating a child's sense of time and place, Ernesto Galarza gives an account of the early experiences of his extraordinary life - from revolution in Mexico to segregation in the United States - that will continue to delight readers for generations to come.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galarza, Ernesto

Über Autor(innen)

Ernesto Galarza (1905–1984) was a labor organizer, historian, professor, and community activist. When he was eight, he migrated from Jalcocotán, Nayarit, Mexico, to Sacramento, California, where he worked as a farm laborer. He received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. In addition to <em>Barrio Boy</em>, he is the author of a number of books, including <em>Strangers in Our Fields</em> (1956), <em>Merchants of Labor</em> (1964), and <em>Spiders in the House and Workers in the Fields</em> (1970). In 1979, Dr. Galarza was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.