Description
Book SynopsisA celebration of the overlooked contributions of the 750,000 Mexican American veterans of the “Greatest Generation”
Trade ReviewThis text makes a valuable contribution to the growing literature on the Mexican American experience. * Western Historical Quarterly *
This book provides a much-needed resource for historians of World War II and as a historical backdrop to the generational origins of the Chicano civil rights movements. * Hispanic Outlook *
Never in one book has the diversity of the wartime Mexican American experience been covered so fully. * Military History of the West *
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction (Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez)
- Chapter 1. The Five Sanchez Brothers in World War II: Remembrance and Discovery (Rita Sanchez)
- Chapter 2. The Beating of Private Aguirre: A Story about West Texas during World War II (David Montejano)
- Chapter 3. On the West Side: A Portrait of Lanier High School during World War II (Julio Noboa)
- Chapter 4. Lost Momentum: World War II and the Education of Hispanos in New Mexico (Lynne Marie Getz)
- Chapter 5. The Mexican American Dream and World War II: A View from the Midwest (Dionício Valdés)
- Chapter 6. Zoot Violence on the Home Front: Race, Riots, and Youth Culture during World War II (Luis Alvarez)
- Chapter 7. What a Difference a War Makes! (Maria Eva Flores)
- Chapter 8. Framing Racism: Newspaper Coverage of the Three Rivers Incident (Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez)
- Chapter 9. Mexico’s Wartime Intervention on Behalf of Mexicans in the United States: A Turning of Tables (Emilio Zamora)
- Chapter 10. Rosita the Riveter: Welding Tradition with Wartime Transformations (Naomi Quiñonez)
- Chapter 11. On the Nation's Periphery: Mexican Braceros and the Pacific Northwest Railroad Industry, 1943-1946 (Erasmo Gamboa)
- Selected Readings
- About the Writers
- Index
