El Cinco de Mayo

David E. Hayes-Bautista is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of La Nueva California: Latinos in the Golden State (UC Press).

• List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Before the American Civil War 2. The First Battle of Puebla, 1862 3. The American Civil War and the Second Battle of Puebla 4. The Juntas Patrioticas Mejicanas Blossom 5. One War, Three Fronts 6. Shaping and Reshaping the Cinco de Mayo, 1868?2011 Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

"El Cinco de Mayo does what I once thought impossible: explain the relevance and the importance of commemorating this day." -- Susana Olague Trapani Washington Ind Rev Of Bks "A highly readable and important analysis not only of the holiday's origins but also of the native-born and immigrant Latino communities that created it." Southern California Quarterly