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Author:

Gritter, Matthew, 1980-

Title:

Mexican inclusion : the origins of anti-discrimination policy in Texas and the Southwest / Matthew Gritter.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

160 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Mexican Americans--History--Southwestern States--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--History--Southwestern States--History--20th century.
Discrimination in employment--Southwestern States--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--Southwestern States--History--History--20th century.
United States.--Committee on Fair Employment Practice--History.
Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Transnational networks and the Fair Employment Practices Committee: Mexican consuls, FEPC officials, and Mexican American civil rights leaders come together -- Identifying and exploring: discovering people of Mexican origin -- State building on the ground: the institutional development of the FEPC and people of Mexican origin -- Good neighbors and good citizens: people of Mexican origin and the FEPC -- Laboratories of democracy?: people of Mexican origin and fair employment in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

1603448136 (ebk.)
9781603448130 (ebk.)
1603447989 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603447980 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)793379308

LCCN:

2012017392

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)