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The Mexican American Experience in Texas
- Citizenship, Segregation, and the Struggle for Equality
Engelsk Paperback

The Mexican American Experience in Texas

- Citizenship, Segregation, and the Struggle for Equality
Engelsk Paperback

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A historical overview of Mexican Americans' social and economic experiences in Texas For hundreds of years, Mexican Americans in Texas have fought against political oppression and exclusion—in courtrooms, in schools, at the ballot box, and beyond. Through a detailed exploration of this long battle for equality, this book illuminates critical moments of both struggle and triumph in the Mexican American experience. 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 roles 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.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9781477327593
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1477327592
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Udg. Dato:
11 apr 2023
Længde:
27mm
Bredde:
229mm
Højde:
152mm
Forlag:
University of Texas Press
Oplagsdato:
11 apr 2023
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