| Love and Riot: Oscar Zeta Acosta and the Great Chicano Revolt Contributor(s): Moore, Burton (Author), Cabello, Andrea Alessandra (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0915745291 ISBN-13: 9780915745296 Publisher: Floricanto Press OUR PRICE: $38.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Brown Buffalo, as he was known in the barrios of Los Angeles, at the height of the riots in the late 1960Us, was the epitome of the Movimiento. This is the story of the rage and fury that swept L.A. during the gestation of the Movimiento Chicano--the Chicano Movement--and of the remarkable life of Oscar Zeta Acosta, a radical civil-rights lawyer who defended Chicano activists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Lawyers & Judges - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2012464453 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.78" W x 8.92" (0.72 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
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| Publisher Description: Brown Buffalo, as he was known in the barrios of Los Angeles among street people, at the height of the riots in in the late 1960's and 70's, was the epitome of the Movimiento. He was smart, rebellious, unpredictable, occasionally high on drugs, but terrifyingly honest to himself and the world. This is the story of the rage and fury that swept LA during the gestation of the Movimiento Chicano-the Chicano Movement-and of the remarkable life of Oscar Zeta Acosta-a radical civil-rights lawyer who defended Chicano activists, won new rights for Latinos, and challenged the LA establishment. |
