Pedro Castillo

TitleProfessor Emeritus
DivisionHumanities Division
DepartmentHistory Department
AffiliationsAmerican Studies Department,
Latin American & Latino Studies
Phone831-459-1924 (message)
Email
OfficeN/A
Campus Mail StopHumanities Academic Services
Mail1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA
95064
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Research Interests

Chicano/a history and culture; American social and urban history; race, class, and gender in California history; immigration history

Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

M.A., Northern Arizona University

B.A. Arizona State University

Selected Publications

The American Nation, with J.W. Davidson and M.B. Stoff.. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 2000.

Las Nuevas Fronteras del Siglo XXI/New Frontiers of the 21st Century, comp. with A. Alvarez, N. Klahn, and F. Manchon. Mexico City: La Jornada Ediciones, 2000.

Mexico en Los Angeles: Una historia social y cultura, 1781-1985, with A. Ríos-Bustamante. Mexico City: Los Noventa, 1989.

An Illustrated History of Mexican Los Angeles, 1781-1985, with A. Ríos-Bustamante. Los Angeles: University of California, Chicano Studies Research Center, 1986.

Teaching Interests

Chicano/a History
History and Public Policy
Race, Class and Gender in California History
Race and the American City
Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles and Mexico City