Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas : Mexican Workers and Job Politics During World War II

, by Zamora, Emilio

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ISBN: 9781603440974 | 1603440976
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/28/2009

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For Mexican workers on the American home front during World War II, unprecedented new employment opportunities contrasted sharply with continuing discrimination, inequality, and hardship.

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Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Wartime Recovery and Denied Opportunities	p. 23
Elevation the Mexican Cause to a Hemispheric Level	p. 63
The Fight for Mexican Rights in Texas	p. 97
The FEPC and Mexican Worker in Texas	p. 125
The Slippery Slope of Equal Opportunity in the Refineries of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast	p. 158
Negotiating Mexican WorkersÆ Rights at Corpus Christi	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 204
Demographic and Social Patterns among Mexicans in the United States, 1930-1945	p. 223
Partial List of Mexican FEPC Complainants in Texas, 1943-1945	p. 229
Notes	p. 241
Bibliography	p. 295
Index	p. 311
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Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas : Mexican Workers and Job Politics During World War II

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