Palomino: Clinton Jencks and Mexican-American Unionism in the American Southwest

by James J. Lorence

The first comprehensive biography of progressive labor organizer, peace worker, and economist Clinton Jencks (1918-2005), this book explores the life of one of the most important political and social activists to appear in the Southwestern United States in the twentieth century. A key figure in the radical International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW) Local 890 in Grant County, New Mexico, Jencks was involved in organizing not only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252037553
• ISBN13: 9780252037559
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"