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LULAC, Mexican Americans, and National Policy (Fronteras Series, sponsored by Texas A&M International University)
enlarge	Author: CRAIG A. KAPLOWITZ Publisher: TAMU Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$35.00~~ Buy New: $24.26 as of 7/29/2010 09:28 CDT details You Save: $10.74 (31%) New (8) Used (6) from $12.32 Seller: Amazon.com Rating: 1 reviews Media: Hardcover Edition: First Printing Pages: 264 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.9 ISBN: 1585443883 Dewey Decimal Number: 322.40896872073 EAN: 9781585443888 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description Through the dedicated intervention of LULAC and other Mexican American activist groups, the understanding of civil rights in America was vastly expanded in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Mexican Americans gained federal remedies for discrimination based not simply on racial but also on cultural and linguistic disadvantages. Generally considered one of the more conservative ethnic political organizations, LULAC had traditionally espoused nonconfrontational tactics and had insisted on the identification of Mexican Americans as "white." But by 1966, the changing civil rights environment, new federal policies that protected minority groups, and rising militancy among Mexican American youth led LULAC to seek federal protections for Mexican Americans as a distinct minority. In that year, LULAC joined other Mexican American groups in staging a walkout during meetings with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Albuquerque. In this book, Craig A. Kaplowitz draws on primary sources, at both national and local levels, to understand the federal policy arena in which the identity issues and power politics of LULAC were played out. At the national level, he focuses on presidential policies and politics, since civil rights has been preeminently a presidential issue. He also examines the internal tensions between LULAC members' ethnic allegiances and their identity as American citizens, which led to LULAC's attempt to be identified as white while, paradoxically, claiming policy benefits from the fact that Mexican Americans were treated as if they were non-white. This compelling study offers an important bridge between the history of social movements and the history of policy development. It also provides new insight into an important group on America's multicultural stage.

Customer Reviews: A Top Rate Scholar June 15, 2005 Abram Book (Peoria, IL) 0 out of 3 found this review helpful Although I have not yet had a chance to read Dr. Kaplowitz's book, I am a former student of his and I can attest to his immense knowledge of U.S./Mexican relations. This book covers the recent history of Mexican Americans and how they have been affected by U.S. policies over the years, for better or worse. I give the book four stars because I know it is written by a first-rate scholar and will prove to be a valuable resource to anyone researching U.S./Mexican relations.