Review: Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales, by Cynthia E. Orozco

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Book Review| May 01 2023 Review: Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales, by Cynthia E. Orozco Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales. By Cynthia E. Orozco. (Houston, Arte Público Press, 2022. 537 pp.) Diana Johnson Diana Johnson California State University, San Bernardino Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (2023) 92 (2): 319–320. https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.2.319 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Diana Johnson; Review: Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales, by Cynthia E. Orozco. Pacific Historical Review 1 May 2023; 92 (2): 319–320. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.2.319 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentPacific Historical Review Search Pioneer of Mexican-American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales by Cynthia E. Orozco is an impressively researched study of great breadth covering the long life and political work of a key figure in Mexican American–led activism during the twentieth century. Orozco has done immense research while situating this study within a vast and diverse set of literature covering both Perales himself and the Mexican American civil rights movement more broadly. One of the book’s largest strengths includes the author’s insistence on interweaving the life and ideologies of Perales with scholarship on broader topics such as the history of LULAC and the conceptualization of race within Mexican American-led political movements. Much of the book covers the upbringing, career changes, and political involvement of Perales over the course of the early to mid-twentieth century. Many of these details are illuminating, helping the reader gain a deeper understanding of Perales not only as a... You do not currently have access to this content.