Description |
xiv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Note |
"Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas." |
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Papers from a symposium held on Feb. 28, 2004 at the Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Tex. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. A woman's place -- Creating an American home : contest and accommodation in Rockefeller's company towns / María E. Montoya -- La Placita Committee : claiming place and history / Lydia R. Otero -- pt. 2. Migration and settlement -- Cruzando la linea : engendering the history of border Mexican children during the early twentieth century / Yolanda Chávez Leyva -- Lived regionalities : mujeridad in Chicago, 1920-1940 / Gabriela F. Arredondo -- "The day the dresses stopped" : Puerto Rican women, the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, and the 1958 dressmakers strike / Carmen Teresa Whalen -- pt. 3. Political spaces -- "The floating borderlands" : identity, farmwork, and políticas in Washington State / Elizabeth Salas -- Pilgrimage to the homeland : California Chicanas and International Women's Year, Mexico City, 1975 / Marisela R. Chávez -- The star in my compass : claiming intellectual space in the American landscape / Virginia Sánchez Korrol. |
Subject |
Mexican American women -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Mexican American women -- Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Mexican American women. |
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Puerto Rican women -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Puerto Rican women -- Social conditions. |
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Puerto Rican women. |
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Women immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Women immigrants. |
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United States. |
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Social conditions. |
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Mexicans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Mexicans. |
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History. |
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Puerto Ricans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Puerto Ricans -- Migrations. |
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Puerto Ricans. |
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Community life -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Community life. |
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Sex role -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Sex role. |
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Ethnicity -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Ethnicity. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Ethnic relations. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Gender roles. |
Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
Ruíz, Vicki.
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Chávez, John R., 1949-
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William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.
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ISBN |
9780252074783 paper alkaline paper |
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9780252032387 cloth alkaline paper |
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0252032381 cloth alkaline paper |
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0252074785 paper alkaline paper |
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