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Gringo Justice

Gringo Justice

Alfredo Mirandé

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Longleaf - Univ of Notre Dame du Lac
Año de edición:
1994
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Historia de América
ISBN:
9780268010232
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Gringo Justice is a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the experiences of the Chicano people with the legal and judicial system in the United States. Beginning in 1848 and working to the present, a theory of Gringo justice is developed and applied to specific areas-displacement from the land, vigilantes and social bandits, the border, the police, gangs, and prisons. A basic issue addressed is how the image of Chicanos as bandits or criminals has persisted in various forms.

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