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UNINA9910808742303321 |
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Hales Douglas <1951-> |
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A southern family in white & Black : the Cuneys of Texas / / Douglas Hales |
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College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2003 |
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1-299-05376-9 |
1-60344-683-4 |
1-58544-995-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Collana |
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Texas A & M southwestern studies ; ; no. 13 |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans |
Racially mixed people - United States |
African American politicians - Texas |
Texas Politics and government 1865-1950 |
Texas Race relations |
Texas Biography |
Austin County (Tex.) Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-168) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Philip Cuney : politician and slaveholder -- Norris Wright Cuney : labor and civic leader -- Political education, 1869-83 -- New leader of the party -- Party and patronage -- Maud Cuney : education and marriage -- Maud Cuney-Hare : musician, director, writer. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Most Texas history books name Norris Wright Cuney as one of the most influential African American politicians in nineteenthcentury Texas, but they tell little about him beyond his elected positions. Here, Hales places Cuney in the context of his family's generations and of his tumultuous times. He focuses on Norris Wright Cuney's father, Philip, a wealthy, politically active plantation owner and slaveholder in Austin County; Norris Wright Cuney, who, after Reconstruction, led the Texas Republican Party during those turbulent years and worked tirelessly for African American education and equal opportunity; and Norris Wright |
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