Blood oranges : colonialism and agriculture in the South Texas borderlands /

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Blood Oranges traces the origins and legacy of racial differences between Anglo Americans and ethnic Mexicans (Mexican nationals and Mexican Americans) in the South Texas borderlands in the twentieth century. Author Tim Bowman uncovers a complex web of historical circumstances that caused ethnic Mex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bowman, Timothy Paul, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition
Colección:Connecting the greater west series.
Temas:
1900-1999
Foreign workers, Mexican > Texas, South > History > 20th century.
Migrant agricultural laborers > Texas, South > History > 20th century.
Mexican American agricultural laborers > Texas, South > History > 20th century.
Unfair labor practices > Texas, South > History > 20th century.
Travailleurs étrangers mexicains > Texas (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs agricoles migrants > Texas (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs agricoles américains d'origine mexicaine > Texas (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travail > Pratiques déloyales > Texas (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Ethnic relations.
Foreign workers, Mexican.
Mexican American agricultural laborers.
Migrant agricultural laborers.
Unfair labor practices.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
Mexican-American Border Region > Ethnic relations.
Texas, South > Ethnic relations.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine > Relations interethniques.
Mexico.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
South Texas.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Blood Oranges traces the origins and legacy of racial differences between Anglo Americans and ethnic Mexicans (Mexican nationals and Mexican Americans) in the South Texas borderlands in the twentieth century. Author Tim Bowman uncovers a complex web of historical circumstances that caused ethnic Mexicans in the region to rank among the poorest, least educated, and unhealthiest demographic in the country. The key to this development, Bowman finds, was a "modern colonization movement," a process that had its roots in the Mexican-American war of the nineteenth century but reached its culmination
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 266 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-262) and index
ISBN:9781623494148
1623494141
162349415X
9781623494155

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