The elusive quest for equality

Foreword / Manuel N. Goʹmez. -- Introduction. -- The treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo and the racialization of the Mexican population / Martha Menchaca. -- The schooling of Mexicanos in the Southwest, 1848-1891 / Guadelupe San Miguel, Jr. -- Segregation and the education of Mexican children, 1900-1940 / Gilbert G. Gonzalez. -- Chicana/o education from the Civil Rights era to the present / Dolores Delgado Bernal. -- Politics matters: educational policy and Chicano students / Gary Orfield. -- Educational testing and Mexican American students: problems and prospects / Richard R. Valencia. -- Chicanos/as in the United States: language, bilingual education, and achievement / Eugene E. Garcia. -- Staying in the race: the challenge for Chicanos/as in higher education / Patricia Gandara. -- 150 years of Chicano/a education: intergeneratina plʹatica.