| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm.) |
| Series |
Latinos in the United States |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor Foreword, by Rubén Martinez -- Foreword, by David Montejano -- Preface -- Texas Mexicans in the Post-Civil Rights Era, by Robert Brischetto -- The Latino Population of Texas: 1960-2018, by Rogelio Sáenz -- Civil Rights and Immigration: Fifty Years of Failed U.S. Immigration Laws, by Lee J. Terán -- Mexican American Voting Rights in Texas, by José Roberto Juárez, Jr. -- Voter Discrimination in Texas, by Henry Flores -- Barriers to the Ballot Box in Texas, by Kevin Morris and Myrna Pérez |
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Unmet Promises in Texas Education, by David Hinojosa, María "Cuca" Robledo Montecel, and Aurelio M. Montemayor -- The Farmworkers of Texas, by Rebecca Flores with Juanita Valdez-Cox and James C. Harrington -- Fair Housing in America and Texas: Mexican American Housing Discrimination and Homeownership Trends, by Alejandro Becerra and Henry Cisneros -- Employment and Economic Security Challenges for Mexican Americans in Texas, by Ernest J. Gerlach -- Achieving Economic Security for Texas Mexican Americans, by Marie T. Mora and Alberto Dávila |
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Chicano Activism: Pathway to Healthy Communities, by Juan H. Flores -- Mexican American Criminal Injustice in Texas, by Lupe S. Salinas -- Contributors |
| Summary |
"Inspired by a 1968 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights six-day hearing in San Antonio that introduced the Mexican American people to the rest of the nation, this book is an examination of the social change of Mexican Americans of Texas over the past half century with recommendations for the future of immigration, voting rights, educational equity, employment and economic security, health and the criminal justice system"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Social change -- Texas
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Race discrimination -- Texas
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Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Social conditions
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas
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HISTORY / General
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights.
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Mexican Americans -- Social conditions.
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Race discrimination.
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Race relations.
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Social change.
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| SUBJECT |
Texas -- Race relations
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| Subject |
Texas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Avena, J. Richard, editor
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Brischetto, Robert R., editor
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Project Muse. distributor.
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| LC no. |
2021001042 |
| ISBN |
9781609176792 |
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1609176790 |
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9781628954463 |
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1628954469 |
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