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"Let All of Them Take Heed"

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"Let All of Them Take Heed": Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981
Title page for "Let All of Them Take Heed": Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981 (1987)
AuthorGuadalupe San Miguel, Jr.
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
Publication date
1987

"Let All of Them Take Heed": Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981 is a non-fiction book by Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., published by University of Texas Press in 1987. Let All of Them Take Heed argues that Mexican-Americans in the period saw education as central to success in the United States, with participation in League of United Latin American Citizens being key evidence.[1] The book argues against the idea that the ethnic group did not place value in education.[2] According to Richard A. Garcia of Santa Monica College, "Let All of Them Take Heed" "is the first major work to give credence to the reality of a strong Mexican American civil rights movement[...]"[3]

Contents

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In the final chapter of the book, San Miguel discusses how efforts by civil rights organizations were thwarted.[4]

Reception

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Garcia wrote that this work is "a study worth reading".[5]

Ruth Horowitz of the University of Delaware described it as a "highly textured study".[2] She described it as important, though she felt the central ideas should have been better explained.[6]

See also

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References

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  • Garcia, Richard A (1990). "San Miguel, Jr., "Let All of Them Take Heed" (Book Review)". History of Education Quarterly. 30 (1): 114. doi:10.2307/368768. JSTOR 368768.
  • Horowitz, Ruth (1988). ""Let All of Them Take Heed": Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981. Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr". The American Journal of Sociology. 94 (3): 693–695. doi:10.1086/229053.

Notes

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  1. ^ Garcia, p. 114-115.
  2. ^ a b Horowitz, p. 693.
  3. ^ Garcia, p. 116.
  4. ^ Horowitz, p. 694.
  5. ^ Garcia, p. 117.
  6. ^ Horowitz, p. 694-695.

Further reading

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