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BLOWOUT! SAL CASTRO AND THE CHICANO STRUGGLE FOR By Mario T. Garcia - Hardcover
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Hardcover
- Publication Name
- The University of North Carolina Press
- ISBN-10
- 0807834483
- ISBN
- 9780807834480
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807834483
ISBN-13
9780807834480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99425577
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blowout! : Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Educational Policy & Reform / General, Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation, Discrimination & Race Relations, Educators
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-032656
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
This book is an important contribution to Chicano history and the field of American education."-- The El Paso Times, "An excellent read for casual readers as well as serious students of the Chicano experience, education, the history of the 1960s, leadership development, and California history. It will make an excellent choice for undergraduate classroom use and reading lists." - Western Historical Quarterly, An important perspective on a major event in the history of Los Angeles schools and the reform efforts, however controversial, that needed to be made on behalf of Chicano students."-- Los Angeles City Historical Society, "This book is a significant contribution to the literature of the Chicano/a movement." - Journal of American History, "Garcia's oeuvre has mapped Mexican American history and allowed us to imagine a different kind of past--one filled with efforts to rectify social injustices. This book is no exception; it sheds much needed light on Sal Castro's struggles to expand educational and civil rights and in so doing prods us to follow in his footsteps and build a more emancipatory future."--Ernesto Chavez, University of Texas at El Paso, "A worthy learning experience. Solidly researched, with extensive notes, photographs, and a valuable appendix of Chicano historiography. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." - Choice, "A compelling story of individual courage and commitment personified by Sal Castro. . . . A masterful and inspirational life story that is brilliantly contextualized by the larger Chicano Movement." - Journal of American Studies, "This book is a significant contribution to the literature of the Chicano/a movement."-- Journal of American History, A worthy learning experience. Solidly researched, with extensive notes, photographs, and a valuable appendix of Chicano historiography. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.-- CHOICE, This book is a significant contribution to the literature of the Chicano/a movement.-- Journal of American History, "The influence of [Castro's] teaching methods and the walkouts resonate today, underscoring the importance of this publication in Chicano and U.S. History."-- 49th Parallel, The book fills an important place in the history of the Chicano movement.-- The Latin American Review of Books, "Sal Castro is a force of nature, a man on a mission. His story is the history of the Chicano student movement. He has left an indelible mark on the lives of hundreds of young Chicanos aspiring to achieve their unique place in the American dream."--Carlos R. Moreno, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California, A compelling story of individual courage and commitment personified by Sal Castro. . . . A masterful and inspirational life story that is brilliantly contextualized by the larger Chicano Movement.-- Journal of American Studies, "A worthy learning experience. Solidly researched, with extensive notes, photographs, and a valuable appendix of Chicano historiography. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries."-- Choice, The book fills an important place in the history of the Chicano movement. -- Latin American Review of Books, An important perspective on a major event in the history of Los Angeles schools and the reform efforts, however controversial, that needed to be made on behalf of Chicano students.-- Los Angeles City Historical Society|9780807834480|, "An excellent read for casual readers as well as serious students of the Chicano experience, education, the history of the 1960s, leadership development, and California history. It will make an excellent choice for undergraduate classroom use and reading lists."-- Western Historical Quarterly, The book fills an important place in the history of the Chicano movement." -- Latin American Review of Books, "Change to empower the powerless has to come from a movement inspired by leaders who help transform the consciousness of those at the bottom. The Chicano blowouts in Los Angeles schools were such a movement, and Sal Castro helped empower the students. Too many of the terrible conditions they fought against still exist today, and the kind of leadership Castro showed in the l960s is urgently needed in a society where more than a fifth of U.S. students are Latino."--Gary Orfield, co-director, Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, UCLA, An excellent read for casual readers as well as serious students of the Chicano experience, education, the history of the 1960s, leadership development, and California history. It will make an excellent choice for undergraduate classroom use and reading lists."-- Western Historical Quarterly, A compelling story of individual courage and commitment personified by Sal Castro. . . . A masterful and inspirational life story that is brilliantly contextualized by the larger Chicano Movement."-- Journal of American Studies, This book is a significant contribution to the literature of the Chicano/a movement."-- Journal of American History, An excellent read for casual readers as well as serious students of the Chicano experience, education, the history of the 1960s, leadership development, and California history. It will make an excellent choice for undergraduate classroom use and reading|9780807834480|, "The influence of [Castro's] teaching methods and the walkouts resonate today, underscoring the importance of this publication in Chicano and U.S. History." - 49th Parallel, "A compelling story of individual courage and commitment personified by Sal Castro. . . . A masterful and inspirational life story that is brilliantly contextualized by the larger Chicano Movement."-- Journal of American Studies, The influence of [Castro's] teaching methods and the walkouts resonate today, underscoring the importance of this publication in Chicano and U.S. History." -- 49th Parallel, "This book is an important contribution to Chicano history and the field of American education." - The El Paso Times, An important perspective on a major event in the history of Los Angeles schools and the reform efforts, however controversial, that needed to be made on behalf of Chicano students.-- Los Angeles City Historical Society, "The book fills an important place in the history of the Chicano movement."-- The Latin American Review of Books, "This book is an important contribution to Chicano history and the field of American education."-- The El Paso Times, An excellent read for casual readers as well as serious students of the Chicano experience, education, the history of the 1960s, leadership development, and California history. It will make an excellent choice for undergraduate classroom use and reading lists.-- Western Historical Quarterly, A worthy learning experience. Solidly researched, with extensive notes, photographs, and a valuable appendix of Chicano historiography. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.-- Choice, This book is an important contribution to Chicano history and the field of American education.-- The El Paso Times, "The book fills an important place in the history of the Chicano movement." - The Latin American Review of Books, A worthy learning experience. Solidly researched, with extensive notes, photographs, and a valuable appendix of Chicano historiography. Highly recommended. All levels/libraries."-- Choice, The influence of [Castro's] teaching methods and the walkouts resonate today, underscoring the importance of this publication in Chicano and U.S. History.-- 49th Parallel, The influence of [Castro's] teaching methods and the walkouts resonate today, underscoring the importance of this publication in Chicano and U.S. History. -- 49th Parallel
Dewey Decimal
371.829/68073 B
Synopsis
In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called Mexican Schools. During these historic walkouts, or blowouts, the students were led by Sal Castro, a courageous and charismatic Mexican American teacher who encouraged the students to make their grievances public after school administrators and school board members failed to listen to them. The resulting blowouts sparked the beginning of the urban Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the largest and most widespread civil rights protests by Mexican Americans in U.S. history. This fascinating testimonio , or oral history, transcribed and presented in Castro's voice by historian Mario T. García, is a compelling, highly readable narrative of a young boy growing up in Los Angeles who made history by his leadership in the blowouts and in his career as a dedicated and committed teacher. Blowout! fills a major void in the history of the civil rights and Chicano movements of the 1960s, particularly the struggle for educational justice., This fascinating oral history transcribed and presented in Castro's voice by historian Mario T. Garcia, is a compelling, highly readable narrative of Castro, a young boy growing up in Los Angeles who made history by his leadership in the blowouts and in his career as a dedicated and committed teacher., In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called "Mexican Schools." During these historic walkouts, or "blowouts," the students were led by Sal Castro, a courageous and charismatic Mexican American teacher who encouraged the students to make their grievances public after school administrators and school board members failed to listen to them. The resulting blowouts sparked the beginning of the urban Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the largest and most widespread civil rights protests by Mexican Americans in U.S. history. This fascinating testimonio , or oral history, transcribed and presented in Castro's voice by historian Mario T. Garcia, is a compelling, highly readable narrative of a young boy growing up in Los Angeles who made history by his leadership in the blowouts and in his career as a dedicated and committed teacher. Blowout fills a major void in the history of the civil rights and Chicano movements of the 1960s, particularly the struggle for educational justice., In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called "Mexican Schools." During these historic walkouts, or "blowouts," the students were led by Sal Castro, a courageous and charismatic Mexican American teacher who encouraged the students to make their grievances public after school administrators and school board members failed to listen to them. The resulting blowouts sparked the beginning of the urban Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the largest and most widespread civil rights protests by Mexican Americans in U.S. history.This fascinating testimonio , or oral history, transcribed and presented in Castro's voice by historian Mario T. García, is a compelling, highly readable narrative of a young boy growing up in Los Angeles who made history by his leadership in the blowouts and in his career as a dedicated and committed teacher. Blowout! fills a major void in the history of the civil rights and Chicano movements of the 1960s, particularly the struggle for educational justice.
LC Classification Number
LA2317.C36G37 2011
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