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
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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