 | Backroads Pragmatists: Mexico''s Melting Pot and Civil Rights in the United States Subjects: Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1910–1946; Cultural pluralism -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; Nationalism -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; Education and state -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- United States --; Backroads Pragmatists is the first examination of the influence of Mexican social reform on the United States. Flores illustrates how postrevolutionary Mexico's experiments in government and education shaped American race relations from the New Deal through the destruction of Jim Crow. Ruben Flores teaches American studies at the University of Kansas. |
