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From Black codes to recodification removing the veil from regulatory writing / by Williams, Miriam F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : race, regulations, and trust -- Case study I-Texas Black codes of 1866 : identifying discourse markers of trust -- Texas laws and tacit laws : redefining black labor from "the nadir" to civil rights -- Case study II-Texas agencies : the challenge of evoking trust -- Case study III-contemporary black business owners : legalese, plain English, or both? …”
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Naturalizing Mexican immigrants a Texas history / by Menchaca, Martha

Table of Contents: “…/Mexico border to the U.S. Civil War -- The politics of naturalization policy in Texas : the case of Mexican immigrants -- Ricardo Rodriguez and the People's Party in the 1890s -- From the Spanish-American War to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution -- Mexican women and naturalization : the era of the woman suffrage movement -- Then and now : the path toward citizenship -- Appendix 1: Texas naturalization records and archives, pre-1906 -- Appendix 2: Persons naturalized in Texas and by Mexican origin, 1907/2009.…”
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