The yellow rose : racial stratification in a Mexican American community

"The volume examines the effect racial stratification had on the economic and social lives of Mexican Americans and Anglo residents in a community that was majority Mexican American. The impact was felt economically as the community was a one-crop economy, and also in creating social disharmony...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Verdugo, Richard R. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2019]
SeriesHispanic population in the United States (Charlotte, N.C.)
Subjects
Mexican Americans > Texas > Fabens > Social conditions > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Texas > Fabens > Race relations > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Texas > Fabens > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Social stratification > Texas > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > Texas > History > 20th century.
Social surveys > Texas > El Paso County.
Texas > Ethnic relations > Case studies.
Fabens (Tex.) > Social conditions.
Fabens (Tex.) > Economic conditions.
Fabens (Tex.) > History, Local.
elektronické knihy
Case studies.
Social Science > Cultural & Ethnic Studies > American > Hispanic & Latino Studies.
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies.
Ethnic studies.
United States of America, USA.
Relating to Latin, Hispanic American people.
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806606795
DOI10.1108/978-1-64113-643-3
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 128 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • The demography of the Mexican-american population
  • Fabens in years prior to anglo arrival
  • Anglo arrival: The Mexican-american war, land displacement, and the emergence of a segmented labor force
  • Land, economics, and labor: The emergence of the chicano working class
  • Background and characteristics of the fabens population
  • Education and the schools
  • Business and the consumer
  • The influentials: Community leadership and decision-making
  • Wealth, poverty, and ideology in fabens
  • Appendices
  • Agriculture
  • Crops
  • Labor and mechanization
  • Farm economics.

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