Mexicans and Hispanos in Colorado Schools and Communities, 1920-1960

Name: Mexicans and Hispanos in Colorado Schools and Communities, 1920-1960
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ISBN: 9780791469682

ISBN-10: 0791469689

ISBN-13: 9780791469682

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ruben Donato

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Until now, much of what has been written about Mexican American educational history has focused on California and Texas, while Colorado's story has remained largely untold. Ruben Donato recounts the social and educational history of Mexicans and Hispanos (descendents of Spanish troops who came to the region in the late 1500s) in Colorado from 1920 to 1960. He examines both groups' experiences in sugar beet towns, the experiences of Hispanos in Anglo American-controlled towns, and the Hispano experience in a historically Hispano-controlled town. Donato argues that whoever possessed power at the local level determined who ran the schools, who administered them, who taught in them, who…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 1/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 190
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Thomas F. Mahony's "Mexican Welfare Committee"



Needed but Unwanted



The Klan, the Depression, and Intergroup Relations



Sugar Beets, Segregation, and Schools



Strangers Within



"No One Here to Put Us Down"


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index