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Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas Mexican workers and job politics during World War II

Title
Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas [electronic resource] : Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / Emilio Zamora ; foreword by Juan Gòmez Quiñones.
Author
Zamora, Emilio.
Publication
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.

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Description
1 online resource (xvi, 318 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 15
Uniform Title
Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas (Online)
Alternative Title
Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas (Online)
Subject
  • United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice > History > 20th century
  • League of United Latin American Citizens > History > 20th century
  • Foreign workers, Mexican > Texas > History > 20th century
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Mexican Americans
  • Mexican Americans > Employment > History > Texas > 20th century
  • Mexican Americans > Texas > Civil rights > History > 20th century
  • Mexican Americans > Texas > Social conditions > 20th century
  • Discrimination in employment > Texas > History > 20th century
  • United States > Foreign relations > Mexico
  • Mexico > Foreign relations > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-309) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Wartime recovery and denied opportunities -- Elevating the Mexican cause to a hemispheric level -- The fight for Mexican rights in Texas -- The FEPC and Mexican workers in Texas -- The slippery slope of equal opportunity in the refineries of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast -- Negotiating Mexican workers' rights at Corpus Christi.
LCCN
2008024039
OCLC
ssj0000531098
Author
Zamora, Emilio.
Title
Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas [electronic resource] : Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / Emilio Zamora ; foreword by Juan Gòmez Quiñones.
Imprint
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 15
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-309) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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