Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas: Mexican Workers and Job Politics during World War II (Volume 15) (Rio Grande/Río Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions) - Softcover

Zamora, Emilio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603440976 ISBN 13: 9781603440974

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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 as a key site for negotiating the application of the Good Neighbor Policy. He examines the role of women workers, the evolving political struggle, the rise of the liberal-urban coalition, and the conservative tradition in Texas. Zamora also looks closely at civil and labor rights–related efforts, implemented by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Fair Employment Practice Committee.

About this title

About the Author:

EMILIO ZAMORA is an associate professor of history and associate of the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Review:

". . . Emilio Zamora's goals are remarkably ambitious. . . Zamora's argument rests on an impressive array of sources. . . his book does encourage historians to rethink old interpretations and should be widely read." - Kevin Allen Leonard, Journal of Social History (Kevin Allen Leonard Journal of Social History)

About this edition

• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1603440976
• ISBN 13: 9781603440974
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336