Border boss : Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County /

"On January 1, 1937, Manuel B. Bravo was sworn in as county judge of Zapata County, a post he would hold for twenty years. In Border Boss: Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County, J. Gilberto Quezada delineates Bravo's political career in the Democratic Party and examines his role in some of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quezada, J. Gilberto, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1999.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Canseco-Keck history series ; no. 1.
Temas:
Bravo, Manuel Box, > 1901-1984.
Bravo, Manuel Box, > 1901-1984
Democratic Party (Tex.) > History > 20th century.
Democratic Party (Tex.)
1900-1999
Mexican American judges > Texas > Zapata County > Biography.
Judges > Texas > Zapata County > Biography.
Regions & Countries > Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States Local History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Judges
Mexican American judges
Politics and government
Zapata County (Tex.) > Politics and government.
Zapata County (Tex.) > Biography.
Texas > Zapata County
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Hidalgo County Experience
  • 2. Politics of Persuasion and Change
  • 3. World War II Epoch
  • 4. the Turbulent Political Campaigns of 1948
  • 5. International Diplomacy and Domestic Issues
  • 6. Falcon Dam and the Relocation of Zapata
  • 7. Broken Promises: The IBWC and Bureaucratic Red Tape
  • 8. Sphere of Geopolitical Influence
  • Epilogue: El Jefe Politico, Don Manuel B. Bravo.

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