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Book SynopsisLong after the Mexican-American War brought the Southwest under the United States flag, Anglos and Hispanics within the region continued to struggle for dominion. From the arrival of railroads through the height of the New Deal, Sarah Deutsch explores the cultural and economic strategies of Anglos and Hispanics as they competed for territory, resources, and power, and examines the impact this struggle had on Hispanic work, community, and gender patterns. This book analyzes the intersection of culture, class, and gender at disparate sites on the Anglo-Hispanic frontier--Hispanic villages, coal mining towns, and sugar beet districts in Colorado and New Mexico--showing that throughout the region there existed a vast network of migrants, linked by common experience and by kinship. Devoting particular attention to the role of women in cross-cultural interaction, No Separate Refuge brings to light sixty years of Southwestern history that saw Hispanic work transformed, community patterns shif
Table of ContentsPreface to Thirty-fifth Anniversary Edition Introduction 1. Strategies of Power and Community Survival: The Expanding Chicano Frontier and the Regional Community, 1880-1914 2. At the Center: Hispanic Village Women, 1900-1914 3. Invading Arcadia: Women Missionaries and Women Villagers, 1900-1914 4. Redefining Community: Hispanics in the Coal Fields of Southern Colorado, 1900-1914 5. "First-Class Labor, But No. 2 Men": The Impact of World War I and Mexican Migration on the Regional Community 6. On the Margins: Chicano Community Building in Northern Colorado, the 1920s 7. The Depression, Government Intervention, and the Survival of the Regional Community Conclusion Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography Notes Bibliography Index
