Democratizing Texas Politics: Race, Identity, and Mexican American Empowerment, 1945-2002

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DemocratizingTexas Politics Number Forty Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture DemocratizingTexas Politics Race, Identity, and Mexican American Empowerment, 1945–2002 by benjamin márquez University of Texas Press Austin Publication of this work was made possible in part by support from the J. E. Smothers, Sr., Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Copyright © 2014 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2014 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/rp-form ♾ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Márquez, Benjamin, 1953– Democratizing Texas politics : race, identity, and Mexican American empowerment, 1945–2002 / Benjamin Márquez. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-75384-6 (hardback) 1. Mexican Americans—Texas—Politics and government. 2. Texas— Politics and government—1951– I. Title. F395.M5M367 2014 976.4′063—dc23 2013019910 doi:10.7560/753846 To Julia Márquez THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...