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Mexican inclusion : the origins of anti-discrimination policy in Texas and the Southwest /

Immigration across the US-Mexican border may currently be a hot topic, but it is hardly a new one. Labor issues and civil rights have been interwoven with the history of the region since at least the time of the Mexican-American War, and the twentieth century witnessed recurrent political battles su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gritter, Matthew, 1980-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Transnational networks and the Fair Employment Practices Committee: Mexican consuls, FEPC officials, and Mexican American civil rights leaders come together
  • Identifying and exploring: discovering people of Mexican origin
  • State building on the ground: the institutional development of the FEPC and people of Mexican origin
  • Good neighbors and good citizens: people of Mexican origin and the FEPC
  • Laboratories of democracy?: people of Mexican origin and fair employment in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas
  • Conclusion.