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From Peones to Politicos: Class and Ethnicity in a South Texas Town, 1900–1987 (Texas Press Sourcebooks in Anthropology) by Douglas E. Foley, with Clarice Mota, Donald E. Post, Ignacio Lozano is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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How does a relatively powerless ethnic group deal with the problems of economic inequality and racial discrimination? How do they gain power in the community? From Peones to Politicos examines these questions in detail, focusing on the changes in Mexicano-Anglo relations in one small South Texas community called North Town. These changes are typical of evolving Mexicano-Anglo relations in much of Texas and the Southwest. The authors divide their study into three historical the rancho era (19001930), the colonia era (19301970), and the contemporary period (19701977). They trace how Mexicano-Anglo relations have evolved away from the extremely exploitative, paternalistic sharecropper system of the rancho era, when open racism, strict social segregation, and effective Anglo political machines prevailed. They reveal, by contrast, how Mexicanos have become a power to be reckoned with by developing their own economic and political leaders and ethnic political organizations and challenging the Anglo control of the city, school, and county governments. The study also shows how Mexican American family practices have been changed by this transformation of the local political economy. This re
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- Author
- Douglas E. Foley, with Clarice Mota, Donald E. Post, Ignacio Lozano
- Publisher
- Univ. of Texas at Austin, Center for Mexican American Studies
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780292724617
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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