MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008024039
003 DLC
005 20090902083840.0
008 080530s2009 txua b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2008024039
020 $a9781603440660 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a1603440666 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781603440974 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1603440976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(TXA)2998283
040 $aTXA/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
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043 $an-us-tx$an-us---$an-mx---
050 00 $aHD8081.M6$bZ36 2009
082 00 $a331.6/272076409044$222
100 1 $aZamora, Emilio.
245 10 $aClaiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas :$bMexican workers and job politics during World War II /$cEmilio Zamora ; foreword by Juan Gòmez Quiñones.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aCollege Station :$bTexas A&M University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axvi, 318 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aRio Grande/Río Bravo ;$vno. 15
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-309) and index.
505 0 $aWartime 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.
650 0 $aForeign workers, Mexican$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMexican Americans.
650 0 $aMexican Americans$xEmployment$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aMexican Americans$zTexas$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aMexican Americans$zTexas$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aDiscrimination in employment$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMexico.
651 0 $aMexico$xForeign relations$zUnited States.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCommittee on Fair Employment Practice$xHistory$y20th century.
610 20 $aLeague of United Latin American Citizens$xHistory$y20th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0821/2008024039.html