Felix Longoria's Wake : : Bereavement, Racism, and the Rise of Mexican American Activism / / Patrick J. Carroll.
Private First Class Felix Longoria earned a Bronze Service Star, a Purple Heart, a Good Conduct Medal, and a Combat Infantryman's badge for service in the Philippines during World War II. Yet the only funeral parlor in his hometown of Three Rivers, Texas, refused to hold a wake for the slain so...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | CMAS History, Culture, and Society Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE. Only in South Texas: Working and Educational Conditions in the Nueces Strip
- CHAPTER TWO. The Incident
- CHAPTER THREE. The Principal Actors in the Drama
- CHAPTER FOUR. Mobilization of Nueces Basin Mexican and Anglo Towns
- CHAPTER FIVE. State, National, and International Politics
- CHAPTER SIX. The Burial
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- WORKS CITED
- INDEX