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
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:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Unfair labor practices.
Migrant agricultural laborers.
Mexican American agricultural laborers.
Foreign workers, Mexican.
Ethnic relations.
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Travail > Pratiques deloyales > Texas (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs agricoles americains d'origine mexicaine > Texas (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs agricoles migrants > Texas (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs etrangers mexicains > Texas (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Unfair labor practices > Texas, South > History > 20th century.
Mexican American agricultural laborers > Texas, South > History > 20th century.
Migrant agricultural laborers > Texas, South > History > 20th century.
Foreign workers, Mexican > Texas, South > History > 20th century.
United States.
South Texas.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexico.
Region frontaliere mexicano-americaine > Relations interethniques.
Texas, South > Ethnic relations.
Mexican-American Border Region > Ethnic relations.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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 (412 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9781623494155

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