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Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 / prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, Daniel E. Lungren, chairman, Robert A. Brady, ranking minority member, by the Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Washington, DC : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2013Description: ix, 496 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780160920288
  • 9780160920684
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 920.009268/073 B 23
LOC classification:
  • E184.S75 H5657 2013
Contents:
Part I. Former Hispanic American members of Congress -- "Like children under a bad stepmother" : Hispanic congressional representation in the era of U.S. continental expansion, 1822-1898 -- "Foreign in a domestic sense" : Hispanic Americans in Congress during the age of American colonialism and global expansion, 1898-1945 -- Separate interests to national agendas : Hispanic American members of Congress in the civil rights era, 1945-1976 -- Strength in numbers, challenges in diversity : legislative trends and power sharing among Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1977 to present -- Part II. Current Hispanic American members of Congress -- Appendices -- Appendix A: First-term Hispanic-American members of the 112th Congress -- Appendix B: Hispanic-American representatives and senators by Congress, 1822-2012 -- Appendix C: Hispanic-American representatives, senators, delegates, and resident commissioners by state and territory -- Appendix D: Hispanic-American members' committee assignments (Standing, Joint, Select) in the U.S. House and Senate, 1822-2012 -- Appendix E: Hispanic Americans who have chaired congressional committees, 2012 -- Appendix F: Hispanic-American chairs of subcommittees of standing committees in the U.S. House and Senate, 1949-present -- Appendix G: Hispanic Americans in U.S. House party leadership positions, 1987-2012 -- Appendix H: Hispanic-American familial connections in Congress -- Appendix I: Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Conference chairmen and chairwomen, 1976-2012 -- Appendix J: Constitutional amendments, treaties, and major acts of Congress referenced in the text -- Appendix K: Glossary.
Scope and content: "A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Government document Government document NMC Library Stacks E184.S75 H5657 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001257145

Editor, Matthew A. Wasniewski, Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives; co-editors, Albin Kowalewski, Laura Turner O'Hara, and Terrance Rucker, Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives.

"A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Former Hispanic American members of Congress -- "Like children under a bad stepmother" : Hispanic congressional representation in the era of U.S. continental expansion, 1822-1898 -- "Foreign in a domestic sense" : Hispanic Americans in Congress during the age of American colonialism and global expansion, 1898-1945 -- Separate interests to national agendas : Hispanic American members of Congress in the civil rights era, 1945-1976 -- Strength in numbers, challenges in diversity : legislative trends and power sharing among Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1977 to present -- Part II. Current Hispanic American members of Congress -- Appendices -- Appendix A: First-term Hispanic-American members of the 112th Congress -- Appendix B: Hispanic-American representatives and senators by Congress, 1822-2012 -- Appendix C: Hispanic-American representatives, senators, delegates, and resident commissioners by state and territory -- Appendix D: Hispanic-American members' committee assignments (Standing, Joint, Select) in the U.S. House and Senate, 1822-2012 -- Appendix E: Hispanic Americans who have chaired congressional committees, 2012 -- Appendix F: Hispanic-American chairs of subcommittees of standing committees in the U.S. House and Senate, 1949-present -- Appendix G: Hispanic Americans in U.S. House party leadership positions, 1987-2012 -- Appendix H: Hispanic-American familial connections in Congress -- Appendix I: Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Conference chairmen and chairwomen, 1976-2012 -- Appendix J: Constitutional amendments, treaties, and major acts of Congress referenced in the text -- Appendix K: Glossary.

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