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Mexican Americans and World War II (review)

Mexican Americans and World War II (review) SouthwesternHistoricalQuarterly April Mexican Americans and World War II. Edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. Pp. 336. Illustrations, notes, selected readings, about the authors, index. ISBN 0292706510. $45.00, cloth. ISBN 0292706812. $19.95, paper.) The impact of Mexican Americans on the domestic and international events surrounding World War II has been relegated to one of two loci. On the one hand, scholars have focused attention on the racist events surrounding the Zoot Suit Riots. On the other hand, historians have placed an important focus on the military participation of the 750,000 Mexican Americans who fought in the foreign conflict. Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez's collection of essays, Mexican Americans and World War II is an outstanding work that explores the impact of World War II on Mexican Americans in the United States. The series of essays, written by a diverse array of writers ranging from established scholars like Luis Alvarez, Erasmo Gamboa, Emilio Zamora, David Montejano, and Dionicio Valdés to activists/journalists like Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez and Rita Sánchez, offers an original portrait of Mexican Americans during this important conflict. The anthology examines a number of themes. First, the essays by Sánchez and Montejano offer personal narratives of the local impact http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

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SouthwesternHistoricalQuarterly April Mexican Americans and World War II. Edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. Pp. 336. Illustrations, notes, selected readings, about the authors, index. ISBN 0292706510. $45.00, cloth. ISBN 0292706812. $19.95, paper.) The impact of Mexican Americans on the domestic and international events surrounding World War II has been relegated to one of two loci. On the one hand, scholars have focused attention on the racist events surrounding the Zoot Suit Riots. On the other hand, historians have placed an important focus on the military participation of the 750,000 Mexican Americans who fought in the foreign conflict. Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez's collection of essays, Mexican Americans and World War II is an outstanding work that explores the impact of World War II on Mexican Americans in the United States. The series of essays, written by a diverse array of writers ranging from established scholars like Luis Alvarez, Erasmo Gamboa, Emilio Zamora, David Montejano, and Dionicio Valdés to activists/journalists like Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez and Rita Sánchez, offers an original portrait of Mexican Americans during this important conflict. The anthology examines a number of themes. First, the essays by Sánchez and Montejano offer personal narratives of the local impact

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Southwestern Historical Quarterly – Texas State Historical Association

Published: Jun 11, 2007

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