- Summary
- A valuable book and the first significant scholarship on Mexican Americans in World War II. Up to 750,000 Mexican American men served in World War II, earning more Medals of Honor and other decorations in proportion to their numbers than any other ethnic group.
- Variant Title
- Mexican Americans and World War II
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005
- Locale
- United States
Chicanos
USA
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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Introduction / Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
The five Sanchez brothers in World War II : remembrance and discovery / Rita Sanchez
The beating of private Aguirre : a story about West Texas during World War II / David Montejano
On the west side : a portrait of Lanier High School during World War II / Julio Noboa
Lost momentum : World War II and the education of Hispanos in New Mexico / Lynne Marie Getz
The Mexican American dream and World War II : a view from the Midwest / Dionício Valdés
Zoot violence on the home front : race, riots, and youth culture during World War II / Luis Alvarez
What a difference a war makes! / Maria Eva Flores
Framing racism : newspaper coverage of the Three Rivers incident / Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Mexico's wartime intervention on behalf of Mexicans in the United States : a turning of tables / Emilio Zamora
Rosita the Riveter : welding tradition with wartime transformations / Naomi Quiñonez
On the nation's periphery : Mexican braceros and the Pacific Northwest railroad industry, 1943-1946 / Erasmo Gamboa.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Rivas-Rodriguez, Maggie.
- Notes
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"Selected readings": pages 291-298.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez -- The five Sanchez brothers in World War II : remembrance and discovery / Rita Sanchez -- The beating of private Aguirre : a story about West Texas during World War II / David Montejano -- On the west side : a portrait of Lanier High School during World War II / Julio Noboa -- Lost momentum : World War II and the education of Hispanos in New Mexico / Lynne Marie Getz -- The Mexican American dream and World War II : a view from the Midwest / Dionício Valdés -- Zoot violence on the home front : race, riots, and youth culture during World War II / Luis Alvarez -- What a difference a war makes! / Maria Eva Flores -- Framing racism : newspaper coverage of the Three Rivers incident / Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez -- Mexico's wartime intervention on behalf of Mexicans in the United States : a turning of tables / Emilio Zamora -- Rosita the Riveter : welding tradition with wartime transformations / Naomi Quiñonez -- On the nation's periphery : Mexican braceros and the Pacific Northwest railroad industry, 1943-1946 / Erasmo Gamboa.
