Enduring Legacies
Ethnic Histories and Cultures of Colorado
Edited by Arturo J. Aldama, with Elisa Facio, Daryl Maeda, and Reiland Rabaka
Traditional accounts of Colorado鈥檚 history often reflect an Anglocentric perspective that begins with the 1859 Pikes Peak Gold Rush and Colorado鈥檚 establishment as a state in 1876. 鈥淓nduring Legacies鈥 expands the study of Colorado鈥檚 past and present by adopting a borderlands perspective that emphasizes the multiplicity of peoples who have inhabited this region.
Addressing the dearth of scholarship on the varied communities within Colorado-a zone in which collisions structured by forces of race, nation, class, gender, and sexuality inevitably lead to the transformation of cultures and the emergence of new identities-this volume is the first to bring together comparative scholarship on historical and contemporary issues that span groups from Chicanas and Chicanos to African Americans to Asian Americans.
This book will be relevant to students, academics and general readers interested in Colorado history and ethnic studies.
Arturo Aldama is associate chair and associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Elisa Facio, Daryl Maeda and Reiland Rabaka are associate professors of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.