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The major purpose of this book is to make available in compact form a number of... studies concerning Mexican Americans. Purposely the authors chosen are both Anglos and Mexican Americans. They include sociologists, anthropologists, historians, attorneys and judges, doctors, economists, public administrators, social workers, educators, and journalists, among others... The...aim is to present a multiplicity of aspects and a multiplicity of points of...

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...

For Mexican workers on the American home front during World War II, unprecedented new employment opportunities contrasted sharply with continuing discrimination, inequality, and hardship. In Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas, Emilio Zamora traces the wartime experiences of Mexican workers as they moved from rural to urban areas and sought better-paying jobs in rapidly expanding industries. Contending that discrimination undermined job...