Labor Rights Are Civil Rights: Mexican American Workers in Twentieth-Century America

(Part of the Politics and Society in Modern America Series)

by Zaragosa Vargas

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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 movement in twentieth-century America. Absorbing and meticulously researched, Labor Rights Are Civil Rightspaints a multifaceted portrait of the complexities...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691134022

ISBN13:9780691134024

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Hispanic American Studies History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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Labor Rights Are Civil Rights: Mexican American Workers in Twentieth-Century America

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