Inter-American Cooperation in Health Work |
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Authors: | Colonel Albert R Dreisbach |
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Institution: | Assistant Director, Health and Sanitation Division, Office of the Coordinator Of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
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Abstract: | This article is a quick overview of the Chicano Movement (CM) with specific analyses of the five major strategies employed by its adherents to effect social change. The CM was a social movement that occurred in the United States with increased activity in the southwest and midwest during a time frame: 1950s to 1980s. Persons of Mexican ancestry residing in the U.S. were its participants and self-identified as Chicanos. The term Chicano stems from the ancient Nahuatl language of the Meshica (Meh Shee Ka) peoples, also known as the Aztecs. Shicano is a shortened version of Meshicano; later pronunciation changed to Chicano and, for some in spelling, Xicano. As a social movement, the CM had as its ultimate goals the acquisition of political power with which to change the power relations between them and the Euro-Americans, also known as the Anglos. |
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Keywords: | alliances coalitions litigation nonviolence political power power relations protest and demonstrations social movement |
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