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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Verdugo, Richard R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2019]
Colección:Hispanic population in the United States (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.