Book
Chicano revolt in a Texas town
University of Notre Dame Press • Notre Dame [ind.] • Published In 1974 • Pages:
By: Shockley, John S. (John Staples).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In 1963 five Mexican Americans, backed by the Teamster's Union and the San Antonio based Political Association of Spanish-Speaking Organizations (PAss), were swept into office as councilmen in Crystal City, a community run since its inception in 1907 by the Anglo establishment. This was unique in the area since Crystal City was probably the only community in Texas at that time, and perhaps in the Southwest, where Anglos actually had been ousted from office. Although this 'revolt' ended in failure two years later, this same community was involved in a second political 'revolt' in 1969, involving a school boycott. This second revolt, which was more radical, was successful in its aims and resulted in the birth of the Raza Unida Party and a takeover of both the city government and school system by an independent Chicano political party. As background to this study, the author examines the economic, social, and political history of Crystal City, in an attempt to explain what has happened there and why, what has changed and remained unchanged, and why revolts of this nature have been so unusual.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cities
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Political movements
- Education system
- Liberal arts education
- Students
- Elections
- Pressure politics
- Poverty
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Political Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-1971
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Crystal City, Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John S. Shockley
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-298)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73011565
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans