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The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture [Vo
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780520207240
- Subject Area
- Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
- Publication Name
- White Scourge : Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Subject
- Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Economic History, Sociology / General, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Series
- American Crossroads Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 344 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520207246
ISBN-13
9780520207240
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1141112
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
White Scourge : Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Economic History, Sociology / General, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Series
American Crossroads Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
97-010222
TitleLeading
The
Series Volume Number
2
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Old South in the Southwest: Westward Expansion of Cotton Culture, 1820-1900 2. "The Little Brown Man in Gringo Land": The "Second Color Menace" in the Western South 3. The Whiteness of Cotton: Race, Labor Relations, and the Tenant Question, 1900-1920 4. Tom Hickey and the Failure of Interracial Unity: The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender in the Socialist Party of Texas, 1911-1917 5. The Scientific Management of Farm Workers: Mexicans, Mechanization, and the Growth of Corporate Cotton Culture in South-Central Texas, 1900-1930 6. The Whiteness of Manhood: Women, Gender Identity, and "Men's Work" on the Farm 7. The Darker Phases of Whiteness: The New Deal, Tenant Farmers, and the Collpase of Cotton Tenancy, 1933-1940 8. The Demise of Agrarian Whiteness: The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union in Texas and the Racialization of Farm Workers Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
In a book that fundamentally challenges our understanding of race in the United States, Neil Foley unravels the complex history of ethnicity in the cotton culture of central Texas. This engrossing narrative, spanning the period from the Civil War through the collapse of tenant farming in the early 1940s, bridges the intellectual chasm between African American and Southern history on one hand and Chicano and Southwestern history on the other.The White Scourgedescribes a unique borderlands region, where the cultures of the South, West, and Mexico overlap, to provide a deeper understanding of the process of identity formation and to challenge the binary opposition between "black" and "white" that often dominates discussions of American race relations. In Texas, which by 1890 had become the nation's leading cotton-producing state, the presence of Mexican sharecroppers and farm workers complicated the black-white dyad that shaped rural labor relations in the South. With the transformation of agrarian society into corporate agribusiness, white racial identity began to fracture along class lines, further complicating categories of identity. Foley explores the "fringe of whiteness," an ethno-racial borderlands comprising Mexicans, African Americans, and poor whites, to trace shifting ideologies and power relations. By showing how many different ethnic groups are defined in relation to "whiteness," Foley redefines white racial identity as not simply a pinnacle of status but the complex racial, social, and economic matrix in which power and privilege are shared. Foley skillfully weaves archival material with oral history interviews, providing a richly detailed view of everyday life in the Texas cotton culture. Addressing the ways in which historical categories affect the lives of ordinary people,The White Scourgetells the broader story of racial identity in America; at the same time it paints an evocative picture of a unique American region. This truly multiracial narrative touches on many issues central to our understanding of American history: labor and the role of unions, gender roles and their relation to ethnicity, the demise of agrarian whiteness, and the Mexican-American experience., In a book that fundamentally challenges our understanding of race in the United States, Neil Foley unravels the complex history of ethnicity in the cotton culture of central Texas. This engrossing narrative, spanning the period from the Civil War through the collapse of tenant farming in the early 1940s, bridges the intellectual chasm between African American and Southern history on one hand and Chicano and Southwestern history on the other. The White Scourge describes a unique borderlands region, where the cultures of the South, West, and Mexico overlap, to provide a deeper understanding of the process of identity formation and to challenge the binary opposition between "black" and "white" that often dominates discussions of American race relations. In Texas, which by 1890 had become the nation's leading cotton-producing state, the presence of Mexican sharecroppers and farm workers complicated the black-white dyad that shaped rural labor relations in the South. With the transformation of agrarian society into corporate agribusiness, white racial identity began to fracture along class lines, further complicating categories of identity. Foley explores the "fringe of whiteness," an ethno-racial borderlands comprising Mexicans, African Americans, and poor whites, to trace shifting ideologies and power relations. By showing how many different ethnic groups are defined in relation to "whiteness," Foley redefines white racial identity as not simply a pinnacle of status but the complex racial, social, and economic matrix in which power and privilege are shared. Foley skillfully weaves archival material with oral history interviews, providing a richly detailed view of everyday life in the Texas cotton culture. Addressing the ways in which historical categories affect the lives of ordinary people, The White Scourge tells the broader story of racial identity in America; at the same time it paints an evocative picture of a unique American region. This truly multiracial narrative touches on many issues central to our understanding of American history: labor and the role of unions, gender roles and their relation to ethnicity, the demise of agrarian whiteness, and the Mexican-American experience.
LC Classification Number
F395.A1F65 1997
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