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The Cristal Experiment: A Chicano Struggle for Community Control

The Cristal Experiment: A Chicano Struggle for Community Control

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20th Century United States HistoryGeneral United States HistoryLatino Studies

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ISBN10: 0299158209
ISBN13: 9780299158200
Publisher: Univ Of Wisconsin Pr
Published: Jun 23 1998
Pages: 424
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.32 Depth: 9.32
Language: English

Amidst the turbulence and militancy of the 1960s and early 1970s, the Mexicano population of the dusty agricultural town of Crystal City, Texas (Cristal in Spanish), staged two electoral revolts, each time winning control of the city council and school board. The landmark city council victory in 1963 was a first for Mexican Americans in South Texas, and Cristal--the spinach capital of the world--became for a time the political capital of the Chicano Movement.

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