Chicana/o struggles for education : activism in the community / Guadalupe San Miguel Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

San Miguel, Guadalupe, 1950-

Series:

University of Houston Series in Mexican American Studies, Sponsored by the Cente

University of Houston series in Mexican American studies ; no. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chicano movement--History.

Chicano movement.

Discrimination in education--United States--History--20th century.

Discrimination in education.

Education, Bilingual--United States--History--20th century.

Education, Bilingual.

Educational equalization--United States--History--20th century.

Educational equalization.

Mexican American teachers--United States--Political activity--20th century.

Mexican American teachers.

Mexican Americans--Education--History--20th century.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much of the history of Mexican American educational reform efforts has focused on campaigns to eliminate discrimination in public schools. However, as historian Guadalupe San Miguel demonstrates in Chicana/o Struggles for Education: Activisim in the Community, the story is much broader and more varied than that. While activists certainly challenged discrimination, they also worked for specific public school reforms and sought private schooling opportunities, utilizing new patterns of contestation and advocacy. In documenting and reviewing these additional strategies, San Miguel's nuanced overv

Contents:

Changing patterns of Mexican American education

Contestation

Advocacy

Advocating for quality instruction: the case of bilingual education

Beyond public education.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60344-996-5

OCLC:

847609602