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Title Puerto Rican Chicago [electronic resource] : schooling the city, 1940-1977 / Mirelsie Velázquez.
Author Velázquez, Mirelsie, 1975-
Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]

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Series eBook Academic Collection - North America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Al Brincar el Charco : urban response to the Puerto Rican "problem" -- Community visions of Puerto Rican schooling, 1950- -- Taking it to the streets : the Puerto Rican movement for education in 1970s Chicago -- Learning to resist, resisting to learn : Puerto Ricans and higher education in 1970s Chicago -- Living and writing in the Puerto Rican diaspora -- Conclusion : winning means hope.
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Summary "The postwar migration of Puerto Rican men and women to Chicago brought thousands of their children into city schools. These children's classroom experience continued the colonial project begun in their homeland, where American ideologies had dominated Puerto Rican education since the island became a US territory. Mirelsie Velázquez tells how Chicago's Puerto Ricans pursued their educational needs in a society that constantly reminded them of their status as second-class citizens. Communities organized a media culture that addressed their concerns while creating and affirming Puerto Rican identities. Education also offered women the only venue to exercise power, and they parlayed their positions to take lead roles in activist and political circles. In time, a politicized Puerto Rican community gave voice to a previously silenced group--and highlighted that colonialism does not end when immigrants live among their colonizers. A perceptive look at big-city community building, Puerto Rican Chicago reveals the links between justice in education and a people's claim to space in their new home"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Puerto Ricans -- Education -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
Puerto Ricans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Puerto Ricans -- Cultural assimilation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
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Related To Online version: Velázquez, Mirelsie, 1975- Puerto Rican Chicago Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022] 9780252053207 (DLC) 2021038315
ISBN 9780252044243 (cloth)
9780252086281 (paperback)
9780252053207 (ebook)
OCLC # sseb_ssj0002546303
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