MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 080530s2009 txu b 001 0 eng c
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020 $a9781603440660 (cloth : alk. paper)
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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.
263 $a0901
300 $ap. cm.
440 0 $aRio Grande/Río Bravo ;$vno. 15
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aForeword, by Juan Gómez Quiñones -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Demographic and social patterns among Mexicans in the United States, 1930-1945 -- Appendix 2. Partial list of Mexican FEPC complainants in Texas, 1943-1945 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 $aAlien labor, Mexican$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$zMexico$y20th century.
651 0 $aMexico$xForeign relations$zUnited States$y20th century.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCommittee on Fair Employment Practice$xHistory$y20th century.
610 20 $aLeague of United Latin American Citizens$xHistory$y20th century.