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"Memories of a Hyphenated Man is the story of a unique individual who, while shaped of a unique individual who, while shaped by his upbringing and drawing on deep cultural roots, steadfastly followed his own compass in life. It tells of a singular man who beat the odds as it poignantly addresses the ambiguities associated with race, class, citizenship, and nationality for Mexicans and Mexican Americans."--Jacket.

"Ramon Eduardo Ruiz would be the first to admit that he is not your typical Mexican American. But he has always known who he is." "Historian, author, and intellectual, Ruiz has established himself through such books as Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People and Cuba: The Making of a Revolution, and in 1998 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Clinton. Now he turns his pen on his own life to offer a personal look at what it really means to be American by birth but Mexican by culture."

1. The Home Town 3

2. Euphoric Days 24

3. Ambivalent Times 49

4. The Halls of Ivy 69

5. The Dogs of War 92

6. The Graduate Student 116

7. The Holy Grail 141

8. Marvelous Journey 158

9. Smith 173

10. Exile's Return 196.

Ruiz, Ramón Eduardo > Childhood and youth.

Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.

Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.

Mexican Americans > Biography.

Historians > United States > Biography.

California > San Diego > Pacific Beach.

California > San Diego.

San Diego (Calif.) > Biography.

Pacific Beach (San Diego, Calif.) > Biography.

Mexico > Relations > United States.

United States > Relations > Mexico.

Biographies.

Biographies.