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| #1237117 in Books | 2002-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.50 x6.00l,.91 | File type: PDF | 256 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| This work is a great change of pace from a standard historical text|By Kaitlyn Morar|Well written history of a Mexica family. Through stories of his own family, Murguia interweaves a history of Mexica people in California. A fresh take on historical writings, Murguia makes the history personal. This work is a great change of pace from a standard historical text, but a reader|From Library Journal|A native Californian, American Book Award winner Murguia (ethnic studies, San Francisco State Univ.; Southern Front) traces his own family's history, as well as the long story of Hispanics in America, back to the 18th century. He grew up
"People who live in California deny the past," asserts Alejandro Murguía. In a state where "what matters is keeping up with the current trends, fads, or latest computer gizmo," no one has "the time, energy, or desire to reflect on what happened last week, much less what happened ten years ago, or a hundred." From this oblivion of memory, he continues, comes a false sense of history, a deluded belief that the way things are now is the way they have always been.<...
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