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1 online resource (xiv, 333 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Coahuilteco language |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Note |
"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Making places -- Making a border city -- Creating Smeltertown -- pt. 2. Making identities -- We're just smelter people -- We were one hundred percent Mexican -- She was very American -- pt. 3. Remembering Smeltertown -- The demise of Smeltertown -- Epilogue: Finding Smeltertown. |
| Summary |
Nestled on the banks of the Rio Grande, at the heart of a railroad, mining, and smelting empire, Smeltertown was home to generations of ethnic Mexicans who labored at the American Smelting and Refining Company in El Paso, Texas. Using newspapers, personal archives, photographs, employee records, parish newsletters, and interviews with former residents, including her own relatives, Monica Perales unearths the history of this forgotten community. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Smeltertown -- History.
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Mexican Americans. |
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Texas -- Smeltertown. |
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History. |
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Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Smeltertown -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Smeltertown -- Ethnic identity.
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Ethnicity. |
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Working class -- Texas -- Smeltertown -- History.
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Working class. |
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Smelting -- Social aspects -- Texas -- Smeltertown -- History.
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Smelting. |
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Social aspects. |
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Community life -- Texas -- Smeltertown -- History.
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Community life. |
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Collective memory -- Texas -- Smeltertown.
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Collective memory. |
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Smeltertown (Tex.) -- History.
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Smeltertown (Tex.) -- Biography.
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Company towns -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Case studies.
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Company towns. |
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Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Perales, Monica. Smeltertown. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 9780807834114 (DLC) 2010004479 (OCoLC)539075816 |
| ISBN |
9780807899564 (electronic book) |
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0807899569 (electronic book) |
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9781469604985 (electronic book) |
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1469604981 (electronic book) |
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9780807834114 |
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0807834114 |
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9780807871461 |
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080787146X |
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