Introduction: "The rhetorics of the everyday" and civic belonging
The American GI Forum and the rhetoric of civic presence
The Félix Longoria incident : drama, irony, and "The American dilemma"
Immigration and the rhetorics of race, caste, and citizenship
The "imagined fraternity" of Héctor P. García and Lyndon B. Johnson
Conclusion: Revising the history of American civil rights reform.
Héctor P. García : everyday rhetoric and Mexican American civil rights by Michelle Hall Kells. ISBN 9780809327294. Published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.