Julian Nava: my mexican-american journey / Julian Nava ; prólogo por Henry A. J. Ramos.
Tipo de material: TextoIdioma: Inglés Detalles de publicación: Texas : Arte Público Press, 2002Descripción: xiii, 233 p. : il. ; 23 cmISBN: 1558853642 ; 1558853510 (pbk); 9781558853645Otro título: My mexican-american journeyTema(s): Nava, Julian, 1927- | Mexicanos Americanos. -- Estados Unidos. -- Biografías | Literatura juvenilClasificación LoC:E184.M5 | N38 2002Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura | Copia número | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras |
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Libro | Biblioteca Central Tijuana | Acervo General | E184.M5 N382 2002 (Browse shelf(Abre debajo)) | 1 | Disponible | TIJ098053 |
Julian Nava narra su ascenso desde su infancia en el barrio para convertirse en el primer mexico-americano para servir como embajador de los Estados Unidos en México.
Foreword / Henry A. J. Ramos -- My Mexican Roots -- My Early Barrio Memories -- Our Presbyterian Church Life -- Aviation Machinist Mate Third Class -- From the Barrio to College -- A Barrio Boy at Harvard University -- Doctoral Research in Venezuela -- A Mexican-American Ph.D. -- Teaching in Puerto Rico -- Coming to Teach in Northridge -- Pat and I Start Our Married Life in Spain -- Founding a College in Bogota -- Entry into Politics in Los Angeles -- Twelve Years on the Los Angeles School Board -- The East Los Angeles Walkouts in 1968 -- The Chicano Movement -- Leveraging the School Board Position Nationally -- Bilingual Education Comes to Los Angeles Schools -- The School Integration Issue in Los Angeles -- Chicano Studies in American Higher Education -- Our Charro Traditions -- Black and Brown Conflict over a University Presidency -- Our Ambassadorial Experience in Mexico -- A New Ambassador -- Back in California -- Building Our Dream House in the Mountains -- Producing a Documentary and Reflecting on Communist Cuba -- Mexican Ejidos -- Selling Tortillas to China -- The Los Angeles Music and Arts School -- Nava for Mayor of Los Angeles -- My Trip to Siberia -- Teaching at My Alma Mater -- Facing the End of My Journey.