The Strange Career of Bilingual Education in Texas, 1836-1981, Paperback

Traces the educational policies and their underlying rationales, from Stephen F Austin's proposal in the 1830s to ""Mexicanize"" Anglo children by teaching them Spanish along with English and French, through the 1981 passage of the most encompassing bilingual education law in the state's history.

• Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
• Author(s): Carlos Kevin Blanton
• Illustration(s): 17 b&w photos, bib, index
• Number of pages: 216
• Collection: Fronteras Series
• Publication date: 2007
• Dimensions: 222 x 141 x 33
• Cover type: Paperback / softback