From coveralls to zoot suits : the lives of Mexican American women on the World War II home front

From coveralls to zoot suits : the lives of Mexican American women on the World War II home front /

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"During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shifts and the war challenged Americans to rethink notions of race. At this extraordinary historical moment, Mexican American women found...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Escobedo, Elizabeth Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Mexican American women > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions > 20th century.
Mexican American women > Employment > California > Los Angeles > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > California > Los Angeles.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work > California > Los Angeles.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
Mexican American women > Employment
Mexican American women > Social conditions
Social aspects
War work
Women
California > Los Angeles
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The Pachuca panic
  • Americanos todos : Mexican Women and the wartime state and media
  • Reenvisioning Rosie : Mexican Women and wartime defense work
  • Respectable rebellions : Mexican women and the world of wartime leisure
  • Rights and postwar life.

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