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- catalog abstract ""Kreneck not only traces the influential life of Houston entrepreneur and civic leader Felix Tijerina as an individual but illustrates how Tijerina reflected many trends in Mexican American development during the decades he lived, years that were crucial for the Hispanic community today. Kreneck outlines a pattern of identity and assimilation that has been traced in bold, broader terms by other scholars, who have called Tijerina's contemporaries the "Mexican American Generation.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12079511.
- catalog coverage "Houston (Tex.) Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Houston (Tex.) Ethnic relations.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Kreneck not only traces the influential life of Houston entrepreneur and civic leader Felix Tijerina as an individual but illustrates how Tijerina reflected many trends in Mexican American development during the decades he lived, years that were crucial for the Hispanic community today. Kreneck outlines a pattern of identity and assimilation that has been traced in bold, broader terms by other scholars, who have called Tijerina's contemporaries the "Mexican American Generation.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. La Inmigracion -- Ch. 2. From Obrero to Entrepreneur -- Ch. 3. Emergence of a Latin American Leader -- Ch. 4. Horatio Alger Success Story -- Ch. 5. "Always Doing Something Nice": Felix Tijerina and Anglo American Groups, 1948-1956 -- Ch. 6. Siempre Haciendo por la Raza: Felix Tijerina and Latin American Groups, 1950-1956 -- Ch. 7. "In Exile from His Native Land": Felix Tijerina v. Herbert Brownell, Jr. -- Ch. 8. The LULAC National Presidency, Part I: 1956-1958 -- Ch. 9. The LULAC National Presidency, Part II: 1958-1960 -- Ch. 10. Citizen Felix: The Final Years, 1960-1965.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [318]-382) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 402 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mexican American odyssey.".
- catalog identifier "0890969361 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mexican American odyssey.".
- catalog isPartOf "University of Houston series in Mexican American studies ; no. 2".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "College Station : Texas A&M University Press,".
- catalog relation "Mexican American odyssey.".
- catalog spatial "Houston (Tex.) Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Houston (Tex.) Ethnic relations.".
- catalog spatial "Texas Houston".
- catalog subject "305.868/073/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Businessmen Texas Houston Biography.".
- catalog subject "Civil rights workers Texas Houston Biography.".
- catalog subject "F394.H89 M516 2001".
- catalog subject "League of United Latin American Citizens History.".
- catalog subject "Mexican Americans Civil rights History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Mexican Americans Civil rights Texas Houston History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Mexican Americans Texas Houston Biography.".
- catalog subject "Tijerina, Felix, 1905-1965.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. La Inmigracion -- Ch. 2. From Obrero to Entrepreneur -- Ch. 3. Emergence of a Latin American Leader -- Ch. 4. Horatio Alger Success Story -- Ch. 5. "Always Doing Something Nice": Felix Tijerina and Anglo American Groups, 1948-1956 -- Ch. 6. Siempre Haciendo por la Raza: Felix Tijerina and Latin American Groups, 1950-1956 -- Ch. 7. "In Exile from His Native Land": Felix Tijerina v. Herbert Brownell, Jr. -- Ch. 8. The LULAC National Presidency, Part I: 1956-1958 -- Ch. 9. The LULAC National Presidency, Part II: 1958-1960 -- Ch. 10. Citizen Felix: The Final Years, 1960-1965.".
- catalog title "Mexican American odyssey : Felix Tijerina, entrepreneur and civic leader, 1905-1965 / Thomas H. Kreneck.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".