Format:
1 online resource (360 pages)
ISBN:
9780812209891
Series Statement:
Politics and Culture in Modern America Ser
Content:
Backroads Pragmatists is the first examination of the influence of Mexican social reform on the United States. Flores illustrates how postrevolutionary Mexico's experiments in government and education shaped American race relations from the New Deal through the destruction of Jim Crow.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The Beloved Communities -- 1. A Symphony of Cultures -- 2. Shock Troops -- Part II. The Scientific State -- 3. The Language of Experience -- 4. The School and Society -- 5. The Yaqui Way of Life -- Part III. Mexico and the Attack on Plessy -- 6. ''The Sun Has Exploded'': Integration and the California School -- 7. Texas and the Parallel Worlds of Civil Rights -- Epilogue. Pragmatism and the Decline of Dewey -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812246209
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812246209
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3442522
