02973nam 2200721 a 450 991046044550332120200520144314.01-60344-334-7(CKB)2670000000079379(EBL)3037920(SSID)ssj0000531098(PQKBManifestationID)11344527(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531098(PQKBWorkID)10571110(PQKB)11351767(MiAaPQ)EBC3037920(OCoLC)715188632(MdBmJHUP)muse1047(Au-PeEL)EBL3037920(CaPaEBR)ebr10455995(OCoLC)923700247(EXLCZ)99267000000007937920080530d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClaiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas[electronic resource] Mexican workers and job politics during World War II /Emilio Zamora ; foreword by Juan Gómez Quiñones1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Pressc20091 online resource (337 p.)Rio Grande/Río Bravo ;no. 15Description based upon print version of record.1-60344-066-6 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.Rio Grande/Río Bravo ;no. 15.Foreign workers, MexicanTexasHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Mexican AmericansMexican AmericansEmploymentTexasHistory20th centuryMexican AmericansCivil rightsTexasHistory20th centuryMexican AmericansTexasSocial conditions20th centuryDiscrimination in employmentTexasHistory20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relationsMexicoMexicoForeign relationsUnited StatesElectronic books.Foreign workers, MexicanHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Mexican Americans.Mexican AmericansEmploymentHistoryMexican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryMexican AmericansSocial conditionsDiscrimination in employmentHistory331.6/272076409044Zamora Emilio937798Gómez-Quiñones Juan999302MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460445503321Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas2452675UNINA