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Zamora, Emilio.

Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / [electronic resource] : Emilio Zamora ; foreword by Juan Gómez Quiñones. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009. - xvi, 318 p. : ill. - Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 15 . - Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 15. .

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

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice --History--20th century.
League of United Latin American Citizens--History--20th century.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Foreign workers, Mexican--History--Texas--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Mexican Americans.
Mexican Americans--Employment--History--Texas--20th century.
Mexican Americans--Civil rights--History--Texas--20th century.
Mexican Americans--Social conditions--Texas--20th century.
Discrimination in employment--History--Texas--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.
Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD8081.M6 / Z36 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 331.6/272076409044