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Book Reviews : Shirley Achor Mexican Americans in a Dallas Barrio. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1978. Pp. xi + 202. $12.50 cloth; $6.95 paper

There are several good reasons for writing a book on the topic Achor has chosen. First, there has been no general book-length study of Mexican Americans published since Grebler, Moore, and Guzman (1970). Second, there is a dearth of information about urban dwellers who constitute the majority of the Mexican American population. Third, in light of the preponderance of early studies stressing homogeneity and traditionalism as well as acculturation and stress, there is a need to reexamine Mexican