Felix Longoria's wake : bereavement, racism, and the rise of Mexican American activism /

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"Carroll provides abundant evidence of the importance of the Longoria incident for Mexican Americans, for a rising Lyndon Johnson, for Texas politics, and, indirectly, for U.S. society. His insights ... have the potential of appealing to both historians and general readers, particularly those i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carroll, Patrick James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:History, culture, and society series.
Subjects:
Longoria, Felix > Death and burial.
Longoria, Felix Z., > Jr., > 1920-1945.
Since 1900
Mexican Americans > Texas > Politics and government > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Death and burial of a person
Ethnic relations.
Mexican Americans > Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Texas > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
Texas > Politics and government > 1951-
Texas > Relations interethniques > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Texas > Politique et gouvernement > 1951-
Texas.
Chicanos > Texas > Política y gobierno > Siglo XX.
Longoria, Félix > Muerte y entierro.
Texas > Relaciones étnicas > Historia > Siglo XX.
Texas > Política y gobierno > 1951-
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Only in South Texas: working and educational conditions in the Nueces Strip
  • The incident
  • The principal actors in the drama
  • Mobilization of Nueces Basin Mexican and Anglo Towns
  • State, national, and international politics
  • The burial.

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