Palomino
Subtitle: Clinton Jencks and Mexican-American unionism in the American Southwest
By: James J. Lorence
Series: The working class in American history; Working class in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780252037559
Subjects: Hispanic Americans; Economists; Pacifists; Civil rights; Labor movement; Political activity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Clinton Jencks, Mine-Mill, and biography as history; title: Growing up concerned : childhood, family, and the formation of a value system, 1918-1939; title: The world of work and new opportunities for social action : living faith, 1939-1945; title: Coming home : veterans' advocacy and renewed political commitment; title: Mine-Mill and social change : economic progress, Mexican American activism, and social justice, 1945-1947; title: Mobilizing for mass action : social and political initiatives, 1948-1950; title: The moment of decision : the Empire Zinc strike, grass roots feminism, and Mexican American liberation, 1950-1953; title: Telling the story : Salt of the earth as a medium of communication; title: Confronting domestic anti-communism : the Jencks case, civil liberties, and the law, 1953-1957; title: The web of consequences : life after Mine-Mill; title: A reflection on the committed life.