Vicente Ximenes, LBJ's Great Society, and Mexican American Civil Rights Rhetoric [1 ed.] 9780809336401, 9780809336395

World War II and Mexican American Civil Rights 9780292794573

World War II marked a turning point for Mexican Americans that fundamentally changed their expectations about how they s

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Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist 9781477319888

The essayist Adela Sloss-Vento (1901–1998) was a powerhouse of activism in South Texas’s Lower Rio Grande Valley through

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Texas Mexican Americans and Postwar Civil Rights 9780292767546

After World War II, Mexican American veterans returned home to lead the civil rights struggles of the fifties, sixties,

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No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement 9780292793439

Founded by Mexican American men in 1929, the League of United Latin-American Citizens (LULAC) has usually been judged ac

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The Great Conspiracy - American Civil War

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Inn Civility: Urban Taverns and Early American Civil Society 9781479815203

Examines the critical role of urban taverns in the social and political life of colonial and revolutionary America Fro

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Deliberative Acts: Democracy, Rhetoric, and Rights 9780271062228

The twenty-first century is characterized by the global circulation of cultures, norms, representations, discourses, and

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Aboriginal Rights and Self-Government: The Canadian and Mexican Experience in North American Perspective 9780773567993

This collection of essays is a timely exploration of the progress of Aboriginal rights movements in Canada, Mexico, and

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Aboriginal Rights and Self-Government: The Canadian and Mexican Experience in North American Perspective 9780773567993

This collection of essays is a timely exploration of the progress of Aboriginal rights movements in Canada, Mexico, and

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Religious Rhetoric and American Politics: The Endurance of Civil Religion in Electoral Campaigns 9780801465680

From Reagan's regular invocation of America as "a city on a hill" to Obama's use of spiritual langua

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