"Desert Dreams: Mexican Arizona and the Politics of Educational Equality" chronicles seventy-five years of Mexican American efforts to attain educational equality in Arizona, from its territorial period in the nineteenth century to the post–World War II era. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press in December 2023, it is the first comprehensive social history of Mexican Americans in Arizona before 1960.
The book launch will be held on Feb. 27 at the Van Brunt Visitors Center. It is free and open to the public.
Laura K. Muñoz is an assistant professor in the Department of History and the Institute for Ethnic Studies.
