Chicana/o struggles for education : activism in the community /
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 vari...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
c2013
College Station : © 2013 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | University of Houston series in Mexican American studies ;
no. 7 University of Houston series in Mexican American studies no. 7 |
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| 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 ad |
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| Physical Description: | 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-230) and index |
| ISBN: | 160344937X (cloth : alk. paper) 1603449965 (e-book) 9781603449373 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781603449960 (e-book) |