Martha Menchaca

The Mexican American Experience in Texas

Citizenship, Segregation, and the Struggle for Equality

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A historical overview of Mexican Americans¿ social and economic experiences in Texas, told through the lens of their fight for civil rights, from the Spanish period to the present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: UNIV OF TEXAS PR
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781477324370
• ISBN-10: 1477324372
• Artikelnr.: 61937718

Autorenporträt

By Martha Menchaca

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Pobladores and the Casta System
2. New Racial Structures: Citizenship and Land Conflicts
3. Violence and Segregation, 1877–1927
4. Challenging Segregation, 1927–1948
5. The Path to Desegregation, 1948–1962
6. Institutional Desegregation, Social Movement Pressures, and the Chicano Movement
7. Mexican American Social Mobility and Immigration
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index