Mexican American odyssey
Subtitle: Felix Tijerina, entrepreneur & civic leader, 1905-1965
By: Thomas H. Kreneck.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: University of Houston series in Mexican American studies ;; no. 2
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Tijerina, Felix, 1905-1965.; League of United Latin American Citizens -- History.; Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography.; Businessmen -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography.; Civil rights workers -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography.; Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century.; Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.; Houston (Tex.) -- Biography.; Houston (Tex.) -- Ethnic relations.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In Mexican American Odyssey, Thomas H. 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.""--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [376]-382) and index.