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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781736403321

Autore

Rodriguez Armando M

Titolo

From the barrio to Washington : an educator's journey / / Armando Rodriguez as told to Keith Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-283-63664-6

0-8263-4383-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

TaylorKeith <1930->

Disciplina

370.92

B

Soggetti

School principals - United States

Hispanic American school principals

Politicians - United States

Hispanic American politicians

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The Early Years, 1921-34 -- Junior and Senior High School, 1934-40 -- An Immigrant, an Emigrant, and a Soldier, 1940-43 -- The Girl from Across the Street, 1944-45 -- A Civilian Again, 1945 -- A College Man, 1946-49 -- A Teacher, an Administrator, and Almost a Politician, 1949-62 -- A Political Animal, 1962-66 -- Help from the Anglos -- Working for Lyndon, 1968 -- Travels with Randolph Hearst, 1969-70 -- Coping with Washington Society and Its Politics, 1971-73 -- President of East Los Angeles College, 1973-78 -- Back to the Seat of Power, 1978-8315 -- Retirement Doesn't Mean Not Working, 1983-2001 -- Capitalists in the Soviet Union, 1988-2001 -- Christy and Roddy -- My Final Retirement (So Far), 2006-7.

Sommario/riassunto

Rodriguez recalls his inspirational journey from his childhood as a poor immigrant to the highest levels of the department of education under four presidents.