Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-358) and index
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The colonial era: schooling under Spanish rule, 1513-1821 -- Education during the Mexican era, 1821-1848 -- Americanization and resistance: contested terrain on the southwest frontier, 1848-1912 -- Education and imperialism at the turn of the century: Puerto Rico and Cuba, 1898-1930 -- Segregation and new arrivals, 1898-1960 -- Cuban arrivals, 1959-1980 -- In search of educational opportunity and access, the 1960's and 1970's -- Un paso hacia adelante, y otro hacia atras (one step forward, one step back): Latinos and schooling in the 1980's and 1990's