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

Escobedo, Elizabeth Rachel.

From coveralls to zoot suits the lives of Mexican American women on the World War II home front / Elizabeth R. Escobedo. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (229 pages) illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781469602066


Mexican American women--Social conditions--California--Los Angeles--20th century.
Mexican American women--Employment--History.--California--Los Angeles
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.


Electronic Books.

F869 / .F766 2013