Chicana/o struggles for education : activism in the community / Guadalupe San Miguel Jr.
Much of the history of Mexican American educational reform efforts has focused on campaigns to eliminate discrimination in public schools. However, as this book demonstrates, the story is much broader and more varied than that. While activists certainly challenged discrimination, they also worked fo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | University of Houston series in Mexican American studies ;
no. 7. |
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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books, dissertations, Academic theses |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Much of the history of Mexican American educational reform efforts has focused on campaigns to eliminate discrimination in public schools. However, as this book demonstrates, 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1603449965 9781603449960 9781299620087 1299620086 |