Backroads Pragmatists : : Mexico's Melting Pot and Civil Rights in the United States / / Ruben Flores.

Like the United States, Mexico is a country of profound cultural differences. In the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution (1910-20), these differences became the subject of intense government attention as the Republic of Mexico developed ambitious social and educational policies designed to integrate...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Politics and Culture in Modern America
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 26 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • PART I. The Beloved Communities
  • Chapter 1. A Symphony of Cultures
  • Chapter 2. Shock Troops
  • PART II. The Scientific State
  • Chapter 3. The Language of Experience
  • Chapter 4. The School and Society
  • Chapter 5. The Yaqui Way of Life
  • PART III. Mexico and the Attack on Plessy
  • Chapter 6. ''The Sun Has Exploded'': Integration and the California School
  • Chapter 7. Texas and the Parallel Worlds of Civil Rights
  • Epilogue. Pragmatism and the Decline of Dewey
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments