Title Reading, writing, and revolution : escuelitas and the emergence of a Mexican American identity in Texas / Philis M. Barragán Goetz

Edition First edition Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Contents Intro -- Introduction. Escuelitas, Literacy, and Imaginary Dual Citizenship -- Chapter 1. Escuelitas and the Expansion of the Texas Public School System, 1865-1910 -- Chapter 2. Imaginary Citizens and the Limits of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Educational Exclusion and the Mexican Consulate Investigation of 1910 -- Chapter 3. Revolutionary and Refined: Feminism, Early Childhood Education, and the Mexican Consulate in Laredo, Texas, 1910-1920 -- Chapter 4. Education in Post-Mexican Revolution Texas, 1920-1950 Chapter 5. Escuelitas and the Mexican American Generation's Campaign for Educational Integration -- Conclusion. The Contested Legacy of Escuelitas in American Culture -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "From 1880 to 1940, ethnic Mexicans enrolled their children in both public schools and escuelitas (little schools)-"two contradictory educational traditions with mutually exclusive messages," Philis Barragán Goetz writes. Texas public school administrators believed that you could not live in the United States and be a citizen if you did not speak English and demonstrate a familiarity with the laws of the country. Mexican consuls and many upper class Mexican nationals, on the other hand, believed that "the residents of this Mexican colony had a responsibility to keep the true Mexico alive in the United States." Each side demanded that ethnic Mexicans choose the country to which they would belong, scoffing at the notion of anything in between. In this history of escuelitas in Texas, Barragán Goetz marshals deep archival and oral history research to show how, for many decades, numerous ethnic Mexicans did choose something in between, and how the escuelita model slowly transformed to meet the needs of Mexican Americans"-- Provided by publisher Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 11, 2020) Subject Mexicans -- Education -- Texas -- History Mexican American children -- Education -- Texas -- History Public schools -- Texas -- History Educational equalization -- Texas -- History Education and state -- Texas -- History HISTORY / United States / 20th Century Education and state Educational equalization Mexican American children -- Education Mexicans -- Education Public schools Texas Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781477320938 1477320938

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