CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION Escuelitas, Literacy, and Imaginary Dual Citizenshi 1
4. CHAPTER 1 Escuelitas and the Expansion of the Texas Public School System, 1865–1910 19
5. CHAPTER 2 Imaginary Citizens and the Limits of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Educational Exclusion and the Mexican Consulate Investigation of 1910 49
6. CHAPTER 3 Revolutionary and Refined: Feminism, Early Childhood Education, and the Mexican Consulate in Laredo, Texas, 1910–1920 69
7. CHAPTER 4 Education in Post–Mexican Revolution Texas, 1920–1950 91
8. CHAPTER 5 Escuelitas and the Mexican American Generation’s Campaign for Educational Integration 125
9. CONCLUSION The Contested Legacy of Escuelitas in American Culture 165
10. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 171
11. NOTES 176
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 213
13. INDEX 229