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White but not equal : Mexican Americans, jury discrimination, and the Supreme Court / Ignacio M. García.

Title
White but not equal : Mexican Americans, jury discrimination, and the Supreme Court / Ignacio M. García.
Author
García, Ignacio M.
Publication
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, c2009.

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Description
xii, 239 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Hernández, Pete > Trials, litigation, etc
  • USA Supreme Court
  • Trials (Murder) > Texas > Jackson County
  • Race discrimination > Texas > Jackson County
  • Jury selection > United States
  • Jackson County (Tex.) > Trials, litigation, etc
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-234) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Pete, his lawyers, and "the town" that discriminated -- "The Mexican people are of the same race" -- Caucasian cloak : Mexicans "white" for judicial conveniences -- "May God permit you triumph in this most grand of campaigns" -- "There must be a white man in the wood pile" -- Lamentation, deportation, and integration for "Mexicans" -- A differentiated class, not a class apart -- A victory for "every living soul".
ISBN
  • 9780816527502 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0816527504 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780816527519 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0816527512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008036617
OCLC
  • 227015880
  • SCSB-10275394
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library