Labor rights are civil rights : Mexican American workers in twentieth-century America /
"Labor Rights Are Civil Rights paints a multifaceted portrait of the complexities and contours of the Mexican American struggle for equality from the 1930s to the postwar era." "Drawing on extensive archival research, Vargas focuses on the large Mexican American communities in Texas,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2005.
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| Series: | Politics and society in twentieth-century America
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| Summary: | "Labor Rights Are Civil Rights paints a multifaceted portrait of the complexities and contours of the Mexican American struggle for equality from the 1930s to the postwar era." "Drawing on extensive archival research, Vargas focuses on the large Mexican American communities in Texas, Colorado, and California. As he explains, the Great Depression heightened the struggles of Spanish-speaking blue-collar workers, and employers began to define citizenship to exclude Mexicans from political rights and erect barriers to resistance. Mexican Americans faced hostility and repatriation."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-359) and index. |
| ISBN: | 069111546X 9780691115467 |