Full Description
The volume examines the effect racial stratification had on the economic and social lives of Mexican Americans and Anglo residents in a community that was majority Mexican American.
The impact was felt economically as the community was a one-crop economy, and also in creating social disharmony between Mexican Americans and the politically and economically dominant Anglo community.
This is an historical study since it is based on a survey conducted in 1969. It is one of only a few complete Mexican American community studies ever conducted.
Contents
Preface.
Chapter 1. The Demography of the Mexican-American Population, 1960 to 1970: Texas and the United States.
Chapter 2. Fabens in Years Prior to Anglo Arrival.
Chapter 3. Anglo Arrival: The Mexican-American War, Land Displacement, and the Emergence of a Segmented Labor Force.
Chapter 4. Land, Economics, and Labor: The Emergence of the Chicano Working Class.
Chapter 5. Background and Characteristics of the Fabens Population.
Chapter 6. Education and the Schools.
Chapter 7. Business and the Consumer.
Chapter 8. The Influentials: Community Leadership and Decision-Making.
Chapter 9. Wealth, Poverty, and Ideology in Fabens.
Appendices.
References.
