Chicano education in the era of segregation
By: Gilbert G. Gonzalez
Edition: 2013 ed.
Series: Al filo : Mexican American studies series -- no. 7; Al filo -- no. 7.
Publisher: UNT Press; University of North Texas Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781574415018; 9781574415162
Copyright date: 1990
Subjects: Mexican American children; Education; Mexicans; Segregation in education; Public schools
Description: Chicano Education in the Era of Segregation analyzes the socioeconomic origins of the theory and practice of segregated schooling for Mexican-Americans from 1910 to 1950. Gilbert G. Gonzalez links the various aspects of the segregated school experience, discussing Americanization, testing, tracking, industrial education, and migrant education as parts of a single system designed for the processing of the Mexican child as a source of cheap labor. The movement for integration began slowly, reaching a peak in the 1940s and 1950s. The 1947 Mendez v. Westminster case was the first federal court decision and the first application of the Fourteenth Amendment to overturn segregation based on the 'separate but equal' doctrine. This paperback features an extensive new Preface by the author discussing new developments in the history of segregated schooling.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-286) and index.
Table of contents: title: Background to segregation; title: Culture and language; title: The Americanization of the Mexican family; title: Intelligence testing and the Mexican child; title: Training for occupational efficiency; title: The education of migrant children; title: Inter-American and intercultural education; title: De jure segregation; title: The education of Chicano children.