TY - BOOK AU - Navarro,Armando TI - The Cristal Experiment: A Chicano Struggle for Community Control SN - 9780299158231 AV - F394 U1 - 976.4437 PY - 1998/// CY - Madison PB - University of Wisconsin Press KW - Community leadership-Texas-Crystal City-History-20th century KW - Mexican Americans-Texas-Crystal City-Politics and government KW - Crystal City (Tex.)-Ethnic relations KW - Crystal City (Tex.)-Politics and government KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Inroduction: Community Control as a Conceptual Framework -- Part One. The Genesis of the Cristal Experiment -- 1. The Electoral Revolt of 1963 -- Part Two. The Politics of Community Control: Rup's Peaceful Revolution in Cristal -- 2. The Second Electoral Revolt (1970) -- 3. The Emergence of RUP's Machine Politics (1971-1972) -- 4. The Calm Before the Political Storm (1973-1975) -- 5. Schisms Emerge in Cristal's Power Structure (1972-1974) -- 6. The Political Rupture (1975) -- 7. The Politial Decline of the Peaceful Revolution (1976-1978) -- Part Three. The Peaceful Revolution's Agenda for Change (1970-1980) -- 8. Revolution Through Education -- 9. Struggle for Economic Empowerment -- 10. Quest for Social Change -- Part Four. The Politics of Self-Destruction -- 11. Gutierrez's Departure: The end of an Era -- Epilogue: The Unfinished Expirement -- Notes -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3444914 ER -