The Color of Youth: Mexicans and the Power of Schooling in Chicago, 1917-1939
Perez, Mario
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Title
The Color of Youth: Mexicans and the Power of Schooling in Chicago, 1917-1939
Author(s)
Perez, Mario
Issue Date
2012-06-27T21:30:27Z
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Pak, Yoon K.
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Pak, Yoon K.
Committee Member(s)
Anderson, James D.
Span, Christopher M.
Barrett, James R.
Roediger, David R.
Department of Study
Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp
Discipline
Educational Policy Studies
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
History of Education
Latina/o Studies
Chicago
Illinois
Mexican Americans
Immigration
Race
Abstract
This dissertation examines the social and educational experience of the first mass wave of Mexicans who migrated to Chicago in the early twentieth-century. It recaptures how the racially, socially, and economically charged experiences of Mexicans reshaped their national and cultural identity in Chicago. This study explores how their ideals for a democratic, equitable, and self-governing society influenced how they viewed schools. It examines their migration to Chicago, their eventual settlement in various colonias, and examines how the national and cultural identity of their youth became critical in their understanding of social institutions.
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