Batos, Bolillos, Pochos, & Pelados

by Richardson, Chad

• ISBN13: 9780292770911
• ISBN10: 029277091X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

"This book demonstrates the richness of the interethnicmosaic characterizing the Valley of South Texas. . . . By giving voice tolocal residents, Professor Richardson has amassed a valuable stock of knowledgeconcerning life along the Texas-Mexican border that is sorely missingin the extant literature."--Rogelio Saenz, Professor and Head of Sociology, Texas A&M University "The Valley of South Texas," a recent joke goes, "is agreat place to live. It's so close to the United States." Culturally, this borderland region is both Mexican and Anglo-American, and its peoplespan the full spectrum, from a minority who wish to remain insulated withinstrictly Anglo or Mexican communities and traditions to a majority who dailynegotiate both worlds.This fascinating book offers the fullest portrait currently availableof the people of the South Texas borderlands. An outgrowth of the BorderlifeResearch Project conducted at the University of Texas-Pan American, it uses the voices of several hundred Valley residents, backed by the findingsof sociological surveys, to describe the li

Author Biography

Chad Richardson is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Borderlife Research Project at the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Borderlife Interview Projects	p. xxi
Introduction	p. 1
"Mama, Nosotros Somos Migrantes": South Texas Farmworkers, 1950-1990	p. 17
"A Nice House": The Colonias of South Texas	p. 43
"Only a Maid": Undocumented Domestic Workers in South Texas	p. 69
Social Class on the South Texas-Mexico Border	p. 95
The Pain of Gain: Fifty Years of Anglo-Hispanic Relations in South Texas Schools	p. 123
From Mexicanos to Mexican Americans	p. 153
"Ahi Viene el Bolillo!": Anglo Newcomers to South Texas	p. 183
Black, Brown, and White: Race and Ethnicity in South Texas	p. 211
Student Interviewers	p. 247
Borderlife Interview Surveys	p. 251
Notes	p. 259
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 285
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