Healing Multicultural America
Mexican Immigrants Rise to Power in Rural California
Falmer Press Ltd
Published on 3. February 1993
Book
Hardback
212 pages
978-0-7507-0150-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is an historical and anthropological account of a group of Mexican immigrants who managed to understand and use the US democratic system, not least by reforming schools, in order to gain access to the "American Dream". It sets out to assist its readers in understanding the significance of the politics of education for ethnic minorities. Despite the power and policy of the "New Right", the authors try and show that ordinary people can become empowered and transform dominant institutions in order to enhance the possibilities of a more democratic culture, economy and policy. The authors suggest ways in which ethnographic research can help ensure that the language, culture and history of a minority community need not decline and eventually disappear in schools or other educational institutions. This book should be of interest to educators, researchers in education, anthropologists, ethnographers, school policy makers and all those faced by culturally diverse populations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7507-0150-1 (9780750701501)
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Foreword
Preface
Content
The dynamics of cultural transmission, H.T. Trueba; castification in multicultural America, H.T. Trueba; woodland in Yolo county, Y. Zou; Chicanos in politics - learning to participate and organize, C. Rodriquez; political gains of Chicano community - taking and using power, C. Rodriquez; a school in change - the empowerment of minority teachers, J. Cintron; lessons learned - the healing of American society, H.T. Trueba; cultural therapy in action, H.T. Treuba; annotated references for cultural therapy, H.T. Trueba.