02687nam a2200517 a 4500 ebr10455995 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080530s2009 txua sb 001 0 eng d 2008024039 9781603440660 (cloth : alk. paper) 1603440666 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781603440974 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1603440976 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781603443340 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)715188632 n-us-tx n-us--- n-mx--- HD8081.M6 Z36 2009eb 331.6/272076409044 22 Zamora, Emilio. Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas [electronic resource] : Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / Emilio Zamora ; foreword by Juan G�omez Qui�nones. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009. xvi, 318 p. : ill. Rio Grande/R�io 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 Texas History 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 Mexican Americans. Mexican Americans Employment Texas History 20th century. Mexican Americans Civil rights Texas History 20th century. Mexican Americans Texas Social conditions 20th century. Discrimination in employment Texas History 20th century. United States Foreign relations Mexico. Mexico Foreign relations United States. Electronic books. local G�omez-Qui�nones, Juan. ebrary, Inc. Rio Grande/R�io Bravo ; no. 15. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10455995 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 226849 226849