African Americans in South Texas History [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Glasrud Bruce A
• Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.896; 305.8960730764
• Soggetto topico: African Americans -- Texas, South -- History; Texas -- Race relations; Texas -- Social conditions; Texas, South -- Race relations
• Altri autori: WintzCary D KnightLarry P HowellKenneth W KosaryRebecca MasseySara R WoodRue Sumler-EdmondJanice L BorrerJennifer ByerlyEdward DoyleJudith Kaaz FinkRob LouzonDavid GoldbergRobert A PasstyJeanette Nyda
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Defending the Unnecessary; Just Southwest of Dixie; "Wantonly Maltreated and Slain,Simply Because They Are Free"; After Emancipation; The Forging of the African American Community in Corpus Christi, Texas,1865-1900; Lola and Leon Houck versus the Southern Pacific Railway Company; The Colored Trainmen of America; Divided We Stand; Maury Maverick and Racial Politics in San Antonio, Texas, 1938-1941; The Houston Eagles and the End of the Negro Leagues; Corpus Christi's Galvan Ballroom; Racial Change on the Southern Periphery ; "A Pearl of Great Price"Blacks in South Texas; Contributors; Permissions; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The history of South Texas is more racially and ethnically complex than many people realize. As a border area, South Texas has experienced some especially interesting forms of racial and ethnic intersection, influenced by the relatively small number of blacks (especially in certain counties), the function and importance of the South Texas cattle trade, proximity to Mexico, and the history of anti-black violence. The essays in African Americans in South Texas History give insight into this fascinating history.The articles in this volume, written over a span of almost th
• Titolo autorizzato: African Americans in South Texas History
• ISBN: 1-60344-482-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790209503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Perspectives on south Texas.