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Author Richardson, Chad, 1943- author.

Title Batos, bolillos, pochos, and pelados : class and culture on the South Texas border / Chad Richardson and Michael J. Pisani
Edition Revised edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; number forty-five
Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 45.
Contents pt. 1. Ranking and class inequality -- Migrant farmworkers with Juanita Valdez Cox -- The colonias of South Texas with David Arizmendi -- "Only a Maid" : undocumented domestic workers in South Texas -- Social inequality on the Mexican side of the border -- Conclusion : social class on the South Texas Northern Mexico border -- pt. 2. Racial and ethnic inequality -- The pain of gain : South Texas schools then and now with Daniel P. King -- From Mexicanos to Mexican Americans to Americans? with Chrystell Flota -- "Ahí Viene el Bolillo!" : anglos in South Texas with Jenny Chamberlain -- Race and ethnicity in South Texas -- Conclusion : the interaction of race, class, and ethnicity -- Epilogue : the strength and resilience of people of the South Texas border with John Sargent -- Appendix A. Borderlife survey research projects utilized in this volume -- Appendix B. Students who contributed ethnographic accounts
Summary A classic account of life on the Texas-Mexico border, Batos, Bolillos, Pochos, and Pelados offers the fullest portrait currently available of the people of the South Texas/Northern Mexico borderlands. First published in 1999, the book is now extensively revised and updated throughout to cover developments since 2000, including undocumented immigration, the drug wars, race relations, growing social inequality, and the socioeconomic gap between Latinos and the rest of American society, issues of vital and continuing national importance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Social classes -- Texas
Social classes -- Mexican-American Border Region
Subculture -- Texas
Subculture -- Mexican-American Border Region
Mexicans -- Texas -- Social conditions
Mexicans -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
Ethnic relations
Mexicans -- Social conditions
Race relations
Social classes
Subculture
SUBJECT Texas -- Race relations
Mexican-American Border Region -- Race relations
Texas -- Ethnic relations
Mexican-American Border Region -- Ethnic relations
Subject North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
Texas
Form Electronic book
Author Pisani, Michael J., 1962- author.
LC no. 2016050491
ISBN 9781477312704
1477312706
9781477312711
1477312714