The Mexican American experience in Texas : citizenship, segregation, and the struggle for equality / Martha Menchaca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menchaca, Martha, author.

Series:

Texas bookshelf

The Texas bookshelf

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Political activity--Texas--History.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Texas--History.

Mexican Americans--Political activity.

Texas.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

338 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022.

Summary:

Martha Menchaca begins with the Spanish settlement of Texas, exploring how Mexican Americans' racial heritage limited their incorporation into society after the territory's annexation. She then illustrates their political struggles in the nineteenth century as they tried to assert their legal rights of citizenship and retain possession of their land, and goes on to explore their fight, in the twentieth century, against educational segregation, jury exclusion, and housing covenants. It was only in 1967, she shows, that the collective pressure placed on the state government by Mexican American and African American activists led to the beginning of desegregation. Menchaca concludes with a look at the crucial role that Mexican Americans have played in national politics, education, philanthropy, and culture, while acknowledging the important work remaining to be done in the struggle for equality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The pobladores and the casta system

New racial structures: citizenship and land conflicts

Violence and segregation, 1877 to 1927

Challenging segregation, 1927 to 1948

The path to desegregation, 1948 to1962

Institutional desegregation, social movement pressures, and the Chicano Movement

Mexican American social mobility and immigration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-327) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Menchaca, Martha. The Mexican American experience in Texas.

ISBN:

9781477324370

1477324372

OCLC:

1242024642

Publisher Number:

40030966582