The author provides a history of the Mexican American labour movement in 20th-century America. The text looks at the complexities and contours of the Mexican American struggle for equality from the 1930s to the postwar era.
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The author provides a history of the Mexican American labour movement in 20th-century America. The text looks at the complexities and contours of the Mexican American struggle for equality from the 1930s to the postwar era.
In 1937, Mexican workers were among the strikers and supporters beaten, arrested, and murdered by Chicago policemen in the now infamous Republic Steel Mill Strike. Using this event as a springboard, Zaragosa Vargas embarks on the first full-scale history of the Mexican-American …
In 1937, Mexican workers were among the strikers and supporters beaten, arrested, and murdered by Chicago policemen in the now infamous Republic Steel Mill Strike. Using this event as a springboard, Zaragosa Vargas embarks on the first full-scale history of the Mexican-American …
The author provides a history of the Mexican American labour movement in 20th-century America. The text looks at the complexities and contours of the Mexican American struggle for equality from the 1930s to the postwar era.
In 1937, Mexican workers were among the strikers and supporters beaten, arrested, and murdered by Chicago policemen in the now infamous Republic Steel Mill Strike. Using this event as a springboard, Zaragosa Vargas embarks on the first full-scale history of the Mexican-American …
"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 T…
The author provides a history of the Mexican American labour movement in 20th-century America. The text looks at the complexities and contours of the Mexican American struggle for equality from the 1930s to the postwar era.
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Between the end of World War I and the Great Depression, over 58,000 Mexicans journeyed to the Midwest in search of employment. Many found work in agriculture, but thousands more joined the growing ranks of the industrial proletariat. Relating the experiences of Mexicans in the …
