LBJ and Mexican Americans The Paradox of Power

Name: LBJ and Mexican Americans The Paradox of Power
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ISBN: 9780292765788

ISBN-10: 0292765789

ISBN-13: 9780292765788

Edition: 1997

Authors: Julie Leininger Pycior

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As he worked to build his Great Society, Lyndon Johnson often harkened back to his teaching days in the segregated "Mexican" school at Cotulla, Texas. Recalling the poverty and prejudice that blighted his students' lives, Johnson declared, "It never occurred to me in my fondest dreams that I might have the chance to help the sons and daughters of those students and to help people like them all over this country. But now I do have that chanceand I'll let you in on a secretI mean to use it." This book explores the complex and sometimes contradictory relations between LBJ and Mexican Americans. Julie Pycior shows that Johnson' genuine desire to help Mexican Americansand reap the political…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 8/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 362
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English