"Texas is far from a perfect place in this 'rights' business, and these essays in Seeking Inalienable Rights make it plain that the emphasis has been on 'seeking' (meaning that what is considered inalienable has been at least suppressed)." - Archie P. McDonald, Stephen F. Austin State University "An informative collection of articles illustrating the multifarious ways in which Texans over time perceived the meaning of inalienable rights.'" - Arnoldo De Leon, professor of history at Angelo State University "African American Conventions in Late Nineteenth Century Texas: Early Organizing in the Search for Equality" - Alwyn Barr, Texas Tech University "Texodusters: Texans and the Exodus of 1879" - Bryan M. Jack, Winston-Salem State University "Crucial Decade for Texas Labor: Railway Union Struggles, 1886-1896" - George N. Green, University of Texas at Arlington "Finding Jack (and Sue) McQuinney: African American Activists in Rural Progressive-Era Texas" - Debra A. Reid, Eastern Illinois University "Fighting on the Homefront: The Rhetoric of Woman Suffrage in the First World War" - James B. Seymour Jr., Lone Star College, Cy Fair "Contrasts in Neglect: Progressive Municipal Reform in Dallas and San Antonio" - Patricia Gower, University of the Incarnate Word "The Texas Christian Life Commission and the Moderate Call for Racial Reconciliation, 1954-1968" - David Chrisman University of Mary Hardin-Baylor "Chicanismo and the Flexible Fourteenth Amendment: 1960s Agitation and Litigation by Mexican American Youth in Texas" - Steve Harmon Wilson, Tulsa Community College "Elusive Unity: African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Civil Rights in Houston" - Brian D. Behnken, University of California - Davis"

Seeking Inalienable Rights demonstrates that the history of Texans’ quests to secure inalienable rights and expand government-protected civil rights has been one of stops and starts, successes and failures, progress and retrenchment. Inside This Book: ""Early Organizing in the Search for Equality African American Conventions in Late Nineteenth-Century Texas""-Alwyn Barr, Texas Tech University ""Crucial Decade for Texas Labor: Railway Union Struggles, 1886–1896""-George N. Green, University of Texas at Arlington ""Racism and Sexism in Rural Texas: The Contested Nature of Progressive Rural Reform, 1870s–1910s"" -Debra A. Reid, Eastern Illinois University ""Fighting on the Home Front: The Rhetoric of Woman Suffrage in World War I""-James Seymour, Lone Star College, Cy Fair ""Contrasts in Neglect: Progressive Municipal Reform in Dallas and San Antonio""-Patricia E. Gower, University of the Incarnate Word ""Religious Moderates and Race: The Texas Christian Life Commission and the Call for Racial Reconciliation, 1954–1968""-David K. Chrisman, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor ""Elusive Unity: African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Civil Rights in Houston""-Brian D. Behnken, Iowa State University ""Chicanismo and the Flexible Fourteenth Amendment: 1960s Agitation and Litigation by Mexican American Youth in Texas""-Steven Harmon Wilson, Tulsa Community College This insightful discussion will appeal to those interested in African American, Hispanic, labor, and gender history.
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In essays, scholars demonstrate that the history of Texans' quests to secure inalienable rights and expand government-protected civil rights has been one of stops and starts, successes and failures, progress and retrenchment.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781603441186
Publisert
2009-10-30
Utgiver
Texas A & M University Press
Vekt
530 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
224

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Biografisk notat

DEBRA A. REID is associate professor of history at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Her Ph.D. is from Texas A&M University.