Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The purpose of this essay is to discuss the possibility that the Vietnam War could have been a stepping stone in the socio-economic ladder for Mexican-Americans; and why many Chicanos did indeed see the war as an opportunity for social mobility. In addition, I will discuss how in reality the war did not bring advancement to the Chicano veteran. The idea that the Vietnam War could have been a way for Chicanos to become upwardly mobile is connected to the idea that World War II created some positive outcomes for African-Americans as well as other minorities including White minorities who were not part of the major Anglo-American majority. It is for this reason that I decided to research if the war in Vietnam was of any benefit to the Mexican-Americans that participated in it.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts in American Studies (MAST)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- American Studies
- Year dc:date.available
- 2013
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Trejo, Juan Carlos
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Dr. Alan Lebaron
- Dr. Randall Patton
- Dr. Rebecca Hill
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/etd/550
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:etd-1551