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

From coveralls to zoot suits : the lives of Mexican American women on the World War II home front / Elizabeth R. Escobedo.

Author/creator	Escobedo, Elizabeth Rachel
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2013.
Description	xv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Mexican American women--California --Los Angeles --Social conditions --20th century. Mexican American women--Employment --California --Los Angeles --History. 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.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2012028591
ISBN	9781469602059 (hbk.)
ISBN	1469602059 (hbk.)

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