Juan Gómez-Quiñones

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Juan Gómez-Quiñones is an American historian, professor of history, poet, and activist. He is best known for his work in the field of Chicana/o history. As a co-editor of the Plan de Santa Bárbara, an educational manifesto for the implementation of Chicano studies programs in universities nationwide, he was an influential figure in the development of the field.[1]

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[edit] Youth and education

Gómez-Quiñones was born in the city of Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, and raised in East Los Angeles. He graduated from Cantwell Sacred Heart of Mary School, a Catholic high school in Montebello, California. He subsequently attended the University of California, Los Angeles, earning his Bachelor's degree in literature, his Master of Arts in Latin American studies, and his doctorate of philosophy in history. His 1972 dissertation was titled "Social Change and Intellectual Discontent: The Growth of Mexican Nationalism, 1890-1911."

He was a founding co-editor of Aztlán, a journal of Chicano studies. He began teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1969, and has held his post for the past thirty years. He has served as the director of UCLA's Chicano Studies Research Center, as well as on the board of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

[edit] Criticism

Gómez-Quiñones is criticized by the website www.uclaprofs.com, which publishes a critical profile of him and accuses him of having "based his entire political and personal world around personal ethnic identity."[2] The profile criticizes a 1987 statement Gómez-Quiñones made about the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 for presupposing that "the American and Californian economies would experience a workforce crisis should immigration policy be fully enforced."[2] The profile, citing an unnamed Los Angeles Times article, further claims that Gómez-Quiñones threatened UC Regent Ralph Ochoa with physical violence when, during a community meeting, he asked him to "step outside."

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Bibliography

  • Gómez-Quiñones, Juan (1973). Sembradores, Ricaŕdo Flores Magon y el Partido Liberal Mexicano: a eulogy and critique. Los Angeles: Aztlán Publications. LCCN F1234.F668. 
  • Gómez-Quiñones, Juan (1974). 5th and Grande vista : poems, 1960-1973. Staten Island: Editorial Mensaje. LCCN PS3557.O46 F5. 
  • Gómez-Quiñones, Juan; translated by Roberto Gómez Ciriza (1977). Las ideas políticas de Ricardo Flores Magón. México: Ediciones Era. 
  • Gómez-Quiñones, Juan (1978). Mexican students por la raza: the Chicano student movement in southern California, 1967-1977. Santa Bárbara: Editorial La Causa. 
  • Gómez-Quiñones, Juan (1981). Porfirio Díaz, los intelectuales y la revolución. México: El Caballito. ISBN 9686011110. 
  • Gómez-Quiñones, Juan (1982). Development of the Mexican working class north of the Rio Bravo : work and culture among laborers and artisans, 1600-1900. Los Angeles: Chicano Studies Research Center Publications, University of California, Los Angeles. ISBN 0895510553. 
  • Gómez-Quiñones, Juan (1990). Chicano politics: reality and promise, 1940-1990. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0826312047. 
  • Gómez-Quiñones, Juan (1994). Roots of Chicano politics, 1600-1940. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0826314716. 
  • Gómez-Quiñones, Juan. Mexican American labor, 1790-1990. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0585259429. 

[edit] References

  1. ^ Faculty - History (HTML). JUAN GOMEZ-QUINONES. UCLA (n.d.). Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
  2. ^ a b Professor Profiles: Juan Gomez-Quinones History/Chicano Studies (HTML). UCLAprofs.com. Bruin Alumni Association. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
  3. ^ NACCS - Awards (HTML). NACCS website. NACCS. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.

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