From Coveralls to Zoot Suits : The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front /

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"During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shifts and the war challenged Americans to rethink notions of race. At this extraordinary historical moment, Mexican American women found...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Escobedo, Elizabeth Rachel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women.
War work.
Social aspects.
Mexican American women > Social conditions.
Mexican American women > Employment.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Californie > Los Angeles.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des civils > Californie > Los Angeles.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Femmes > Californie > Los Angeles.
Americaines d'origine mexicaine > Travail > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire.
Americaines d'origine mexicaine > Californie > Los Angeles > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work > California > Los Angeles.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > California > Los Angeles.
Mexican American women > Employment > California > Los Angeles > History.
Mexican American women > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions > 20th century.
California > Los Angeles.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Pachuca panic
  • Americanos todos : Mexican Women and the wartime state and media
  • Reenvisioning Rosie : Mexican Women and wartime defense work
  • Respectable rebellions : Mexican women and the world of wartime leisure
  • Rights and postwar life.

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