In the mid-1960s, San Antonio, Texas, was a segregated city governed by an entrenched Anglo social and business elite. The Mexican American barrios of the west and south sides were characterized by substandard housing and experienced seasonal flooding. Gang warfare broke out regularly. Then the striking farm-workers of South Texas marched through the city and set off a social movement that transformed the barrios and ultimately brought down the old Anglo oligarchy. In "Quixote's Soldiers", David Montejano uses a wealth of previously untapped sources, including the congressional papers of Henry B. Gonzalez, to present an intriguing and highly readable account of this turbulent period. Montejano divides the narrative into three parts. In the first part, he recounts how college student activists and politicized social workers mobilized barrio youth and mounted an aggressive challenge to both Anglo and Mexican American political elites. In the second part, Montejano looks at the dynamic evolution of the Chicano movement and the emergence of clear gender and class distinctions as women and ex-gang youth struggled to gain recognition as serious political actors. In the final part, Montejano analyzes the failures and successes of movement politics. He describes the work of second-generation movement organizations that made possible a new and more representative political order, symbolized by the election of Mayor Henry Cisneros in 1981.
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True Depiction of Texas History
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Since I was smittened with Montejano's previous book, "Anglos and Mexicans in he Making of Texas," I was a bit apprehensive whether this new book would fall short in comparison. IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT!!! Montejano did an excellent job of researching from various sources to portray the views of many groups during the Chicano Movement. This book clarified for me so many aspects of what transpired within the Mexican American barrios during the civil rights movement, and especially brought to light the role the Vietnam War played in the lives of the people of these communities. The book expands the view of the social change that came about as a result of this movement and the cultural clashes that occured. BRAVO!
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Quixote's Soldiers is very intriguing book. It cover's History that surrounds me through neighboring neighborhoods that brought back memories and also helped me realize things that I didn't know where happening.
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awesome
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l connect with this book and the times as l was a part of those times.l really enjoyed the insights and ride down memory lane.l would highly recommend this book to all.thanks!
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