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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792172803321

Autore

San Miguel Guadalupe <1950->

Titolo

Chicana/o struggles for education [[electronic resource] ] : activism in the community / / Guadalupe San Miguel Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-60344-996-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

371.829/68073

Soggetti

Chicano movement - History

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

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

Educational equalization - United States - History - 20th century

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

Mexican Americans - Education - History - 20th century

Mexican Americans - Social conditions - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Changing patterns of Mexican American education -- Contestation -- Advocacy -- Advocating for quality instruction: the case of bilingual education -- Beyond public education.

Sommario/riassunto

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