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Record Nr.

UNINA9910952244003321

Autore

Benton-Cohen Katherine

Titolo

Borderline Americans : racial division and labor war in the Arizona borderlands / / Katherine Benton-Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

9780674053557

0674053559

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Disciplina

305.8009791/53

Soggetti

Working class - Arizona - Cochise County - History

Labor movement - Arizona - Cochise County - History

Labor disputes - Arizona - Cochise County - History

Social conflict - Arizona - Cochise County - History

Racism - Arizona - Cochise County - History

Frontier and pioneer life - Arizona - Cochise County

Cochise County (Ariz.) Economic conditions

Cochise County (Ariz.) Race relations

Cochise County (Ariz.) Social conditions

Mexican-American Border Region History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-348) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A shared world in Tres Alamos -- Race and conflict in tombstone -- The white man's camp in Bisbee -- "A better man for us" in Warren -- Mormons and Mexicans in the San Pedro River Valley -- Women and men in the Sulphur Springs and San Simon Valleys -- The Bisbee deportation -- One country, two races.

Sommario/riassunto

"Are you an American, or are you not?" This is the question at the heart of Katherine Benton-Cohen's provocative history, which ties that seemingly remote corner of the country to one of America's central concerns: the historical creation of racial boundaries. By showing the multiple possibilities for racial meanings in America, Benton-Cohen's insightful and informative work challenges our assumptions about race and national identity.