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Barajas, Frank P., 1964-

Curious unions Mexican American workers and resistance in Oxnard, California, 1898-1961 / [electronic resource] : Frank P. Barajas. - Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (376 p.) - Race and ethnicity in the American West . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Early curious unions -- The (re)creation of community -- Segregated integration -- Bitter repression, sweet resistance, and cross-cultural unions -- The emerging Mexican (American) -- Creating Cesar -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN: 9780803244733 0803244738

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mexican Americans--Cultural assimilation--History.--California--Oxnard
Labor movement--History.--California--Oxnard
Mexican Americans--Civil rights--History.--California--Oxnard
Foreign workers, Mexican--History.--California--Oxnard

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD8081.M6 / B37 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 331.6/368079492