Border boss : Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County / J. Gilberto Quezada. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quezada, J. Gilberto, 1946-

Series:

The Canseco-Keck history series ; no. 1

The Canseco-Keck history series Border boss

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bravo, Manuel B., -1984.

Bravo, Manuel B.

Democratic Party (Tex.)--History--20th century.

Democratic Party (Tex.).

Mexican American judges--Texas--Zapata County--Biography.

Mexican American judges.

Judges--Texas--Zapata County--Biography.

Judges.

Zapata County (Tex.)--Politics and government.

Zapata County (Tex.).

Zapata County (Tex.)--Biography.

Mexican American judges--Biography--Texas--Zapata County.

Judges--Biography--Texas--Zapata County.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 291 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"On January 1, 1937, Manuel B. Bravo was sworn in as county judge of Zapata County, a post he would hold for twenty years. In Border Boss: Manuel B. Bravo and Zapata County, J. Gilberto Quezada delineates Bravo's political career in the Democratic Party and examines his role in some of the important issues of his day, especially Falcon Dam." "Those interested in Mexican-American studies and politics and bossism in South Texas will appreciate the window onto South Texas politics and Tejano culture this biography gives."--Jacket.

Contents:

1. The Hidalgo County Experience

2. Politics of Persuasion and Change

3. World War II Epoch

4. the Turbulent Political Campaigns of 1948

5. International Diplomacy and Domestic Issues

6. Falcon Dam and the Relocation of Zapata

7. Broken Promises: The IBWC and Bureaucratic Red Tape

8. Sphere of Geopolitical Influence

Epilogue: El Jefe Politico, Don Manuel B. Bravo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-276) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-58544-935-0