Puerto Rican Chicago : schooling the city, 1940-1977 / Mirelsie Velázquez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Velázquez, Mirelsie, 1975- author.

Series:

Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest.

Illinois scholarship online.

Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest

Illinois scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puerto Ricans--Education--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Puerto Ricans.

Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century.

Puerto Ricans--Cultural assimilation--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages)

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]

Summary:

The postwar migration of Puerto Rican men and women to Chicago brought thousands of their children into city schools. These children's classroom experience continued the colonial project begun in their homeland, where American ideologies had dominated Puerto Rican education since the island became a US territory. Mirelsie Velz̀quez tells how Chicago's Puerto Ricans pursued their educational needs in a society that constantly reminded them of their status as second-class citizens.

Contents:

Al Brincar el Charco : urban response to the Puerto Rican "problem"

Community visions of Puerto Rican schooling, 1950-

Taking it to the streets : the Puerto Rican movement for education in 1970s Chicago

Learning to resist, resisting to learn : Puerto Ricans and higher education in 1970s Chicago

Living and writing in the Puerto Rican diaspora

Conclusion : winning means hope.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 12, 2022).

ISBN:

9780252053207

0252053206

OCLC:

1294149418