A Community Under Siege: A Chronicle of Chicanos East of the Los Angeles River, 1945-1975

by Rodolfo F. Acuña

A history of Chicanos living in East Los Angeles.

540 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1984

About the author

Rodolfo "Rudy" Francisco Acuña, Ph.D. is the founding chair of the Chicana/o Studies department at California State University at Northridge—the largest Chicana/o Studies Department in the United States. He has authored twenty-two books, including three children’s books, and Voices of the US Latino Experience; Corridors of Migration: Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600–1933; and Occupied America: A History of Chicanos.