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

by Emilio Zamora

Book Overview

In Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas, Emilio Zamora traces the experiences of Mexican workers on the American home front during World War II as they moved from rural to urban areas and sought better-paying jobs in rapidly expanding industries. Contending that discrimination undermined job opportunities, Zamora investigates the intervention by Mexico in the treatment of workers, the U.S. State Department's response, and Texas' emergence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603440976
• ISBN13: 9781603440974
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"