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1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations. |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Hispanic civil rights series |
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Hispanic civil rights series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Letter from United States ambassador to Argentina / Vilma S. Martinez -- Alonso S. Perales, the rule of law, and the development of Mexican-American public intellectuals / Michael A. Olivas -- Alonso S. Perales and his struggle for the civil rights of La Raza through the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Texas in the 1930s : incansable soldado del civismo pro-raza / Cynthia E. Orozco -- In defense of my people : Alonso Perales and the moral construction of citizenship / Benjamin Marquez -- Trials of unity : rethinking the Mexican-American generation in Texas, 1948-1960 / Joseph Orbock Medina -- Legally white, socially brown : Alonso S. Perales and his crusade for justice for la raza / Lupe S. Salinas -- "Mendigos de nacionalidad" : Mexican-Americanism and ideologies of belonging in a new era of citizenship, Texas 1910-1967 / Aaron Sanchez -- Alonso S. Perales and the effort to establish the civil rights of Mexican-Americans as seen through the lens of contemporary critical legal theory : post-racialism, reality construction, interest convergence and other critical themes / George A. Martinez -- Alonso S. Perales and the Catholic imaginary : religion and the Mexican-American mind / Mario T. Garcia -- Faithful dissident : Alonso Perales, discrimination, and the Catholic Church / Virginia Marie Raymond -- Changing voices : approaching modernity from Mexican to Mexican-American to Chicano in the epistolary archives of Alonso S. Perales / Norma Adelfa Mouton -- Self-writing and collective representation : the literary enuciation of historical reality and cultural values / Donna M. Kabalen de Bichara -- Writing a biography of Alonso Sandoval Perales / F. Arturo Rosales -- Connecting causes : Alonso Perales, hemispheric unity, and Mexican rights in the United States / Emilio Zamora -- The legal career of Alonso S. Perales / Michael A. Olivas. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960.
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Perales, Alonso S., 1898-1960 -- Influence.
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League of United Latin American Citizens -- History.
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
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Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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Mexican Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Olivas, Michael A., author, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: In defense of my people : Alonso S. Perales and the development of Mexican-American public intellectuals. Houston, Texas : Arte Publico Press, [2012] xxxvii, 344 pages ; 24 cm. Hispanic civil rights series 9781558857605 |
| ISBN |
9781558857605 (alk. paper) |
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9781611925234 (electronic bk.) |
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