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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Note on terminology
  • Introduction
  • Border colonies: Mexicans, Anglos, and the South Texas borderlands from ranchland to commercial agriculture
  • From farmers to colonizers: boosterism and the creation of commercial farming colonies
  • Making the border orange: citriculture and the changing landscape of the South Texas borderlands during the 1920s
  • "More Texan than the Texans": colonialism and race in the South Texas borderlands, 1917-1930
  • Many valleys: the fates of small growers and Mexican workers during the 1930s
  • Toward a homeland: the Chicano Movement and the intellectual creation of homeland in South Texas
  • Conclusion
  • Notes

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