Description
Book SynopsisThe first fully comprehensive study of the origins of the League of United Latin-American Citizens (LULAC) and its precursors, incorporating race, class, gender, and citizenship to create bold new understandings of a pivotal period of activism.
Trade Review"A refreshing and pathbreaking view of the roots of Mexican American social movement organizing in Texas with new insights on the struggles of women to participate and define their roles in this social movement." Devon Pena, University of Washington
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: Society and Ideology
- 1. The Mexican Colony of South Texas
- 2. Ideological Origins of the Movement
- Part Two: Politics
- 3. Rise of a Movement
- 4. Founding Fathers
- 5. The Harlingen Convention of 1927: No Mexicans Allowed
- 6. LULAC's Founding
- Part Three: Theory and Methodology
- 7. The Mexican American Civil Rights Movement
- 8. No Women Allowed?
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
