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Author:

Zamora, Emilio.

Title:

Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas : Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / Emilio Zamora ; foreword by Juan Gòmez Quiñones.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xvi, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Foreign workers, Mexican--Texas--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Mexican Americans.
Mexican Americans--History--Texas--History--20th century.
Mexican Americans--History--Texas--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.
United States.--Committee on Fair Employment Practice--History--20th century.
League of United Latin American Citizens--History--20th century.
Arbeitspolitik.
Sozialpolitik.
Migrationspolitik.
Mexikanischer Arbeitnehmer.
Arbeitnehmerschutz.
Texas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-309) and index.

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.

Series:

Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 15

ISBN:

1603440976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781603440974 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1603440666 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603440660 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)232636427

LCCN:

2008024039

Locations:

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)