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. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice --History--20th century. League of United Latin American Citizens--History--20th century.
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.
United States--Foreign relations--Mexico. Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.