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Author Duke, Robert Harold, author.

Title LBJ and grassroots federalism [electronic resource] : Congressman Bob Poage, race, and change in Texas / Robert Harold Duke.

Imprint College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2014.
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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource.
Series Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; Number 122
Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 122.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Deep in the heart of Lyndon -- The Texas they knew -- The National Youth Administration, the state director, and the state senator -- Flood control, federalism, and a Ford dealer -- Beyond Sandtown -- Conclusion: Other vantage points.
Summary LBJ and Grassroots Federalism: Congressman Bob Poage, Race, and Change in Texas reveals the local ramifications of federal policy. Three case studies in the rising career of Lyndon B. Johnson show this in action: LBJ''s formative experience as a New Dealer directing the National Youth Administration (NYA) in Texas; his key role as senate majority leader in breaking the deadlock to secure funds for the Lake Waco dam project; and the cumulative effect of his Great Society policies on urban renewal and educational reform among the Mexican American community in Waco. In each of these initiatives, B.
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Subject Poage, W. R. (William Robert), 1899-1987.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
United States. National Youth Administration in Texas -- History.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Poage, W. R. (William Robert), 1899-1987.
United States. National Youth Administration in Texas.
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Federal aid to community development -- Texas -- Waco -- History -- 20th century.
Federal aid to water resources development -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Economic assistance, Domestic -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Central-local government relations -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.
Federal government -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.
Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Waco (Tex.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Texas -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term Since 1865
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Duke, Robert H. LBJ and Grassroots Federalism : Congressman Bob Poage, Race, and Change in Texas. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2014 9781623491727
ISBN 9781623491857
1623491851
162349172X (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781623491727 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781623491727 (cloth ; alk. paper)

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