|
Showing 1 - 8 of
8 matches in All Departments
Cajas de carton is the first title in the literary series Nuestra
vision: U.S. Latino Literature, which features original works by
Latino authors living and working in the United States. This work
is the Spanish version of the author's award-winning collection of
stories, The Circuit. Jimenez' 12 independent but intertwined short
stories chronicle the experiences of a Mexican-American family of
migrant farm laborers, as narrated by one of the children,
Panchito. Unlike many readers for this level, which anthologize
standard works, this book presents authentic, outstanding
literature and themes that are highly relevant to native Spanish
speakers in the U.S.
Ethnic Community Builders: Mexican-Americans in Search of Justice
and Power is an oral history of Mexican-American activism in San
JosZ, California, over the last half century. The authors present
interviews of 14 people of various stripes-teachers, politicians,
radio personalities-who have been influential in the development of
a major urban center with a significant ethnic population. These
activists tell the stories of their lives and work with engaging
openness and honesty, allowing readers to witness their successes
and failures. This vivid ethnography of a Mexican-American
community serves as a model for activism wherever ethnic groups
seek change and justice.
Ethnic Community Builders: Mexican-Americans in Search of Justice
and Power is an oral history of Mexican-American activism in San
Jose, California, over the last half century. The authors present
interviews of 14 people of various stripes teachers, politicians,
radio personalities who have been influential in the development of
a major urban center with a significant ethnic population. These
activists tell the stories of their lives and work with engaging
openness and honesty, allowing readers to witness their successes
and failures. This vivid ethnography of a Mexican-American
community serves as a model for activism wherever ethnic groups
seek change and justice.
|
Reaching Out (Paperback)
Francisco Jim enez
|
R270
R224
Discovery Miles 2 240
Save R46 (17%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
From the perspective of the young adult he was then, Francisco
Jimenez describes the challenges he faced in his efforts to
continue his education.
During his college years, the very family solidarity that allowed
Francisco to survive as a child is tested. Not only must he leave
his family behind when he goes to Santa Clara University, but while
Francisco is there, his father abandons the family and returns to
Mexico. This is the story of how Francisco coped with poverty, with
his guilt over leaving his family financially strapped, with his
self-doubt about succeeding academically, and with separation. Once
again his telling is honest, true, and inspiring.
After dark in a Mexican border town, a father holds open a hole in
a wire fence as his wife and two small boys crawl through. So
begins life in the United States for many people every day. And so
begins this collection of twelve autobiographical stories by Santa
Clara University professor Francisco Jimenez, who at the age of
four illegally crossed the border with his family in 1947. The
Circuit, the story of young Panchito and his trumpet, is one of the
most widely anthologized stories in Chicano literature. At long
last, Jimenez offers more about the wise, sensitive little boy who
has grown into a role model for subsequent generations of
immigrants. These independent but intertwined stories follow the
family through their circuit, from picking cotton and strawberries
to topping carrots--and back agai--over a number of years. As it
moves from one labor camp to the next, the little family of four
grows into ten. Impermanence and poverty define their lives. But
with faith, hope, and back-breaking work, the family endures.
This book aims to comprehensively review the current cell-based
strategies under investigation to achieve the regeneration of human
hair follicles. The unique capacity of the human hair follicle to
self-renew explains why this complex "mini-organ" has always
attracted so much interest as a model for researchers to study stem
cell biology and regenerative medicine. The hair follicle is
considered a main reservoir of cutaneous stem cells, containing
several pools of epithelial, melanocyte, and mesenchymal stem cells
involved in hair follicle self-regeneration and pigmentation. In
addition, while some of the different follicular cell types
contribute to hair shaft growth, others participate in very
important interfollicular functions such as dermal remodeling,
re-epithelialization after wounding, and cutaneous stem cell
homeostasis. The idea of human hair follicle regeneration either
"de novo" or by activating dormant miniaturized follicles is not
new, yet still continues to arouse enormous interest in the pursuit
of a definitive cure for baldness. In contrast to hair follicle
regeneration in mice, the attempts made with human follicles have
been disappointing in terms of efficiency. However, recent advances
in stem cell biology-as well as the appearance of new technologies
like 3D printing-have revived expectations in this field of
research. This book is divided into four sections. The first part
includes an overview of the strategies used in hair follicle
regeneration and a historical summary of the most important
achievements to date. Parts two and three comprise the main body of
the book, with detailed descriptions of the cells and tissue
structures involved in hair follicle regeneration, followed by an
elaboration of the different therapeutic strategies, engineering
techniques, and a clinician's perspective of stem cell-based
therapies in hair loss treatments. Finally, the fourth part reviews
the important contribution of the hair follicle in healing
cutaneous wounds through the regeneration and remodeling of the
dermis and epidermis after injury, as well as wound induced hair
follicle neogenesis that occurs when the skin is injured.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Posiciones Geograficas De Varios Puntos Del Imperio Mexicano
Colectados Por Los Ingenieros Don Manuel Orozco Y Berra, Don
Francisco Martinez De Chavero Y Don Francisco Jimenez ... Manuel
Orozco y Berra, Franciso Martinez de Chavero, Francisco Jimenez
J.M. Andrade y F. Escalante, 1866 History; Latin America; Mexico;
History / Latin America / Mexico; Latitude and longitude; Mexico
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
|
|