Introduction: Community Control as a Conceptual Framework -- pt. 1. The Genesis of the Cristal Experiment. 1. The Electoral Revolt of 1963 -- pt. 2. The Politics of Community Control: Rup's Peaceful Revolution in Cristal. 2. The Second Electoral Revolt (1970). 3. The Emergence of RUP's Machine Politics (1971-1972). 4. The Calm Before the Political Storm (1973-1975). 5. Schisms Emerge in Cristal's Power Structure (1972-1974). 6. The Political Rupture (1975). 7. The Political Decline of the Peaceful Revolution (1976-1978) -- pt. 3. The Peaceful Revolution's Agenda for Change (1970-1980). 8. Revolution Through Education. 9. Struggle for Economic Empowerment. 10. Quest for Social Change -- pt. 4. The Politics of Self-Destruction
Summary
Annotation Amidst the militancy of the 1960s and early 1970s the Mexican population of the dusty agricultural town of Crystal City, Texas (Cristal in Spanish), staged two electoral revolts, winning control of the city council and school board. Armando Navarro presents the most comprehensive examination to date of the rise of the Chicano political movement in Cristal
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-419) and index
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