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Title:

Mexican Americans and World War II / edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xiii, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Mexican Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States.
United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.
United States--Race relations.

Other Authors:

Rivas-Rodriguez, Maggie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The five Sanchez brothers in World War II : remembrance and discovery -- The beating of private Aguirre : a story about West Texas during World War II -- On the west side : a portrait of Lanier High School during World War II -- Lost momentum : World War II and the education of Hispanos in New Mexico -- The Mexican American dream and World War II : a view from the Midwest -- Zoot violence on the home front : race, riots, and youth culture during World War II -- What a difference a war makes! -- Framing racism : newspaper coverage of the Three Rivers incident -- Mexico's wartime intervention on behalf of Mexicans in the United States : a turning of tables -- Rosita the Riveter : welding tradition with wartime transformations -- On the nation's periphery : Mexican braceros and the Pacific Northwest railroad industry, 1943-1946.

ISBN:

9780292706811 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0292706812 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780292706514 (alk. paper)
0292706510 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56840471

LCCN:

2004024343

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)