Batos, bolillos, pochos, and pelados : class and culture on the South Texas border /

Richardson, Chad, 1943-

Batos, bolillos, pochos, and pelados : class and culture on the South Texas border / Chad Richardson and Michael J. Pisani. - Revised edition. - 1 online resource. - Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; number forty-five . - Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 45. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Ranking and class inequality -- Migrant farmworkers with Juanita Valdez Cox -- The colonias of South Texas with David Arizmendi -- "Only a Maid" : undocumented domestic workers in South Texas -- Social inequality on the Mexican side of the border -- Conclusion : social class on the South Texas Northern Mexico border -- pt. 2. Racial and ethnic inequality -- The pain of gain : South Texas schools then and now with Daniel P. King -- From Mexicanos to Mexican Americans to Americans? with Chrystell Flota -- "Ahí Viene el Bolillo!" : anglos in South Texas with Jenny Chamberlain -- Race and ethnicity in South Texas -- Conclusion : the interaction of race, class, and ethnicity -- Epilogue : the strength and resilience of people of the South Texas border with John Sargent -- Appendix A. Borderlife survey research projects utilized in this volume -- Appendix B. Students who contributed ethnographic accounts.

9781477312704 1477312706


Social classes--Texas.
Social classes--Mexican-American Border Region.
Subculture--Texas.
Subculture--Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexicans--Social conditions.--Texas
Mexicans--Social conditions.--Mexican-American Border Region
Ethnic relations.
Mexicans--Social conditions.
Race relations.
Social classes.
Subculture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies


Texas--Race relations.
Mexican-American Border Region--Race relations.
Texas--Ethnic relations.
Mexican-American Border Region--Ethnic relations.
North America--Mexican-American Border Region.
Texas.


Electronic books.

HN79.T43 / R53 2017eb

305.50972/1

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