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Racial Dynamics in Early Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas
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Artikel-Nr:
9780739170991
Veröffentl:
2012
Seiten:
408
Autor:
Jason McDonald
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Focusing upon the experiences of ethnoracial minorities, particularly African Americans and Mexican immigrants, in Austin, Texas, during the first three decades of the twentieth century, this book sheds new light on the issues of migration, proletarianization, marginalization, adaptation, identity, and community. As well as providing a textured depiction of minority group responses to life in a racially-stratified society, it offers a ground-breaking exploration of the ambivalent relationship between blacks and Latinos in modern America.
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.
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Blacks, Mexicans, and Urban America
2. Redefining Racial Hierarchy
3. Augmenting Segregation
4. Racializing Space and Community
5. Institutionalizing Inequality
6. Monopolizing Opportunity
7. Contesting Hegemony
8. Epilogue: The Long Shadow of Racialization
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Blacks, Mexicans, and Urban America
2. Redefining Racial Hierarchy
3. Augmenting Segregation
4. Racializing Space and Community
5. Institutionalizing Inequality
6. Monopolizing Opportunity
7. Contesting Hegemony
8. Epilogue: The Long Shadow of Racialization
Bibliography
Index
About the Author