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Democratizing Texas Politics : Race, Identity, and Mexican American Empowerment, 1945-2002 /

"In 1940 there were virtually no Mexican American elected officials in Texas at any level of government. By the turn of the century that was no longer true. In fact, Mexican Americans in Texas had effectively reached parity with their white counterparts in elected office. This book tells the st...

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Autor principal: Marquez, Benjamin, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mexican Americans and Social Change -- 2. The 1950s-A Decade in Flux -- 3. The Dilemmas of Ethnic Solidarity -- 4. The Quiet Revolution -- 5. A Two-Party State -- 6. Tony Sánchez for Governor -- 7. The Long and Grinding Road -- Bibliography -- Index 
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