LEADER 05440nam 2200889 a 450 001 996247960803316 005 20221108064429.0 010 $a0-520-91852-5 010 $a0-585-04772-3 024 7 $a2027/heb00595 035 $a(CKB)111000211187698 035 $a(dli)HEB00595 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085033 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11123967 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085033 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10006783 035 $a(PQKB)10560277 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000003603068 035 $a(DE-B1597)648979 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520918528 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211187698 100 $a20020522d1997 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe white scourge $eMexicans, Blacks, and poor whites in Texas cotton culture /$fNeil Foley 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 326 p. )$cill., maps ; 225 0 $aAmerican crossroads The white scourge 225 0$aAmerican crossroads ;$v2 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-520-20724-6 311 $a0-520-20723-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-316) and index. 330 $aIn a book that fundamentally challenges our understanding of race in the United States, Neil Foley unravels the complex history of ethnicity in the cotton culture of central Texas. This engrossing narrative, spanning the period from the Civil War through the collapse of tenant farming in the early 1940s, bridges the intellectual chasm between African American and Southern history on one hand and Chicano and Southwestern history on the other. The White Scourge describes a unique borderlands region, where the cultures of the South, West, and Mexico overlap, to provide a deeper understanding of the process of identity formation and to challenge the binary opposition between "black" and "white" that often dominates discussions of American race relations.In Texas, which by 1890 had become the nation's leading cotton-producing state, the presence of Mexican sharecroppers and farm workers complicated the black-white dyad that shaped rural labor relations in the South. With the transformation of agrarian society into corporate agribusiness, white racial identity began to fracture along class lines, further complicating categories of identity. Foley explores the "fringe of whiteness," an ethno-racial borderlands comprising Mexicans, African Americans, and poor whites, to trace shifting ideologies and power relations. By showing how many different ethnic groups are defined in relation to "whiteness," Foley redefines white racial identity as not simply a pinnacle of status but the complex racial, social, and economic matrix in which power and privilege are shared.Foley skillfully weaves archival material with oral history interviews, providing a richly detailed view of everyday life in the Texas cotton culture. Addressing the ways in which historical categories affect the lives of ordinary people, The White Scourge tells the broader story of racial identity in America; at the same time it paints an evocative picture of a unique American region. This truly multiracial narrative touches on many issues central to our understanding of American history: labor and the role of unions, gender roles and their relation to ethnicity, the demise of agrarian whiteness, and the Mexican-American experience. 410 0$aAmerican crossroads ;$v2 410 0$aACLS Fellows? publications. 410 0$aACLS Humanities E-Book. 606 $aCotton picking$xSocial aspects$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCotton growing$xSocial aspects$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMexican Americans$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWhite people$zTexas$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCotton picking$xHistory$xSocial aspects$y20th century$zTexas 606 $aCotton growing$xSocial aspects$xHistory$y20th century$zTexas 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory$y20th century$zTexas 606 $aMexican Americans$xHistory$y20th Century$zTexas 606 $aWhite people$xHistory$y20th century$zTexas 606 $aRegions & Countries - Americas$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aUnited States Local History$2HILCC 607 $aTexas$xRace relations 607 $aTexas$xSocial conditions 615 0$aCotton picking$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aCotton growing$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aMexican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aWhite people$xHistory 615 0$aCotton picking$xHistory$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCotton growing$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aMexican Americans$xHistory 615 0$aWhite people$xHistory 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Americas 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aUnited States Local History 676 $a305.8/009764 700 $aFoley$b Neil$01021026 712 02$aAmerican Council of Learned Societies. 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247960803316 996 $aThe white scourge$92417805 997 $aUNISA