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Title: Navigating Bureaucratic Imprecision in the Search for an Accurate Count of Latino/a Military Service in World War II

Citation Type: Book, Section

Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: The first book-length study of Latina/o experiences in World War II over a wide spectrum of identities and ancestriesfrom Cuban American, Spanish American, and Mexican American segments to the under-studied Afro-Latino experienceLatina/os and World War II probes the controversial aspects of Latina/o soldiering and citizenship in the war, the repercussions of which defined the West during the twentieth century. The editors also offer a revised, more accurate tabulation of the number of Latina/os who served in the war.

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Authors: Rivas-Rodriguez, Maggie; Eschbach, Karl

Editors: Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, B.V.Olgun

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Volume Title: Latina/os and World War II: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Publisher Location: Texas

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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