| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 371 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : blacks, Mexicans, and urban America -- Redefining racial hierarchy -- Augmenting segregation -- Racializing space and community -- Institutionalizing inequality -- Monopolizing opportunity -- Contesting hegemony -- Epilogue: the long shadow of racialization. |
| Summary |
This pioneering study sheds new light on racial dynamics in the urban Southwest at a critical juncture in the history of the region and the nation. It focuses upon the experiences of ethnoracial minorities, particularly African Americans and Mexican immigrants in Austin, Texas from the dawn of the Progressive Era to the onset of the Great Depression. Through this lens, McDonald explores the issues of migration, proletarianization, marginalization, adaptation, identity, and community. He reveals how, in response to the exponential growth of the local ethnic-Mexican population, the white elite of the Lone Star State's capital adapted the city's bipartite system of segregation, which had traditionally separated blacks from whites, to incorporate Mexicans as a third and separate element, neither black nor white. As well as examining how African Americans and Mexican Americans responded to life in a racially-stratified society, McDonald examines the often fraught relationship between these groups. <br /> <br /> |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Texas -- Austin -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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African Americans. |
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Texas -- Austin. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Austin -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Mexican Americans. |
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Austin (Tex.) -- Race relations.
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Austin (Tex.) -- Ethnic relations.
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Cultural pluralism -- Texas -- Austin -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Minorities -- Texas -- Austin -- History -- Case studies.
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History. |
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Cultural pluralism. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global) |
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Minorities. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. |
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Ethnic relations. |
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Mexican Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Race relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McDonald, Jason (Jason J.). Racial dynamics in early twentieth-century Austin, Texas. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2012 9780739170977 (DLC) 2012010701 (OCoLC)781677409 |
| ISBN |
9780739170991 (electronic book) |
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0739170996 (electronic book) |
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6613950394 |
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9786613950390 |
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1283637936 |
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9781283637930 |
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9780739170977 |
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073917097X |
| Standard No. |
9786613950390 |
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