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Now thoroughly revised and updated, this classic account of life on the Texas-Mexico border reveals how the borderlands have been transformed by NAFTA, population growth and immigration crises, and increased drug violence.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Ranking and Class Inequality
    • Chapter 1. Migrant Farmworkers (with Juanita Valdez Cox)
    • Chapter 2. The Colonias of South Texas (with David Arizmendi)
    • Chapter 3. “Only a Maid”: Undocumented Domestic Workers in South Texas
    • Chapter 4. Social Inequality on the Mexican Side of the Border
    • Conclusion to Part I: Social Class on the South Texas–Northern Mexico Border
  • Part II. Racial and Ethnic Inequality
    • Chapter 5. The Pain of Gain: South Texas Schools Then and Now (with Daniel P. King)
    • Chapter 6. From Mexicanos to Mexican Americans to Americans? (with Chrystell Flota)
    • Chapter 7. “Ahí Viene el Bolillo!”: Anglos in South Texas (with Jenny Chamberlain)
    • Chapter 8. Race and Ethnicity in South Texas
    • Conclusion to Part II: 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
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 18/07/2017
      ISBN13: 9781477312698, 978-1477312698
      ISBN10: 1477312692
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Now thoroughly revised and updated, this classic account of life on the Texas-Mexico border reveals how the borderlands have been transformed by NAFTA, population growth and immigration crises, and increased drug violence.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • Part I. Ranking and Class Inequality
        • Chapter 1. Migrant Farmworkers (with Juanita Valdez Cox)
        • Chapter 2. The Colonias of South Texas (with David Arizmendi)
        • Chapter 3. “Only a Maid”: Undocumented Domestic Workers in South Texas
        • Chapter 4. Social Inequality on the Mexican Side of the Border
        • Conclusion to Part I: Social Class on the South Texas–Northern Mexico Border
      • Part II. Racial and Ethnic Inequality
        • Chapter 5. The Pain of Gain: South Texas Schools Then and Now (with Daniel P. King)
        • Chapter 6. From Mexicanos to Mexican Americans to Americans? (with Chrystell Flota)
        • Chapter 7. “Ahí Viene el Bolillo!”: Anglos in South Texas (with Jenny Chamberlain)
        • Chapter 8. Race and Ethnicity in South Texas
        • Conclusion to Part II: 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
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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