"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]
 Title page for "Let All of Them Take Heed": Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981 (1987) | |
| Author | Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Publication date | 1987 |
Contents
editIn the final chapter of the book, San Miguel discusses how efforts by civil rights organizations were thwarted.[4]
Reception
editGarcia 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
edit- Brown, Not White - Another book by San Miguel
- Tejano Proud - Another book by San Miguel
- History of Mexican Americans in Texas
References
edit- 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
editFurther reading
edit- Gonzalez, Gilbert G (1989). "Reviews of Books: "Let All of Them Take Heed"". The American Historical Review. 94 (1): 227–228. doi:10.2307/1862249. JSTOR 1862249.
- Gutierrez, David G. (1989). "The Third Generation: Reflections on Recent Chicano Historiography: Mexicano Resistance in the Southwest . Robert Rosenbaum.; Let All of Them Take Heed: Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981 . Guadalupe San Miguel Jr..; Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986 . David Montejano.; The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working Class Music . Manuel Pena". Mexican Studies. 5 (2): 281–296. doi:10.2307/1052091. JSTOR 1052091.
- Hendrick, Irving G. (1988). "Review: "Let All of Them Take Heed": Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981, by Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr". Pacific Historical Review. 57 (4): 497–498. doi:10.2307/3640399. JSTOR 3640399.
- Procter, Ben (1988). "San Miguel, "Let All of Them Take Heed" (Book Review)". The Journal of American History. 75 (2): 650. doi:10.2307/1887961. JSTOR 1887961.