Mexican Inclusion : The Origins of Anti-Discrimination Policy in Texas and the Southwest /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gritter, Matthew, 1980-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Committee on Fair Employment Practice.
United States. > Committee on Fair Employment Practice > History.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
Mexican Americans > Employment.
Mexican Americans > Civil rights.
Diplomatic relations.
Discrimination in employment.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Identite ethnique > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Discrimination dans l'emploi > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Droits > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Travail > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mexican Americans > Southwestern States > Ethnic identity > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in employment > Southwestern States > History > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Civil rights > Southwestern States > History > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Employment > Southwestern States > History > 20th century.
United States > Southwestern States.
United States.
Mexico.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > Mexique.
Mexique > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
United States > Foreign relations > Mexico.
Mexico > Foreign relations > United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 surrounding the status and rights of Mexican immigrants. In Mexican Inclusion: The Origins of Anti-Discrimination Policy in Texas and the Southwest, political scientist Matthew Gritter traces the process by which people of Mexican origin were incorporated in the United States' first civil rights agen.
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages).
ISBN:9781603448130

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