Mexican Americans in Texas: A Brief HistoryA brief history of Mexican Americans in Texas. |
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Page 96
... areas of civil rights , society still deterred Texas Mexicans from serving on juries and generally discouraged them from voting . ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STANDING Obviously , the depression impeded economic mobility for the Tejano ...
... areas of civil rights , society still deterred Texas Mexicans from serving on juries and generally discouraged them from voting . ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STANDING Obviously , the depression impeded economic mobility for the Tejano ...
Page 110
... areas , living conditions for Tejanos were even more bleak . Seasonal work in the cotton fields for which farmers paid around $ 1.25 per hundredweight ( that is , per hundred pounds picked ) remained an option for survival , though ...
... areas , living conditions for Tejanos were even more bleak . Seasonal work in the cotton fields for which farmers paid around $ 1.25 per hundredweight ( that is , per hundred pounds picked ) remained an option for survival , though ...
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... areas , schools , and hiring practices died hard . Tejanos still stood in fear of the Texas Rangers , the Border Patrol , and even the local Sheriff's Department , remembering the long history of mistreatment at the hands of the these ...
... areas , schools , and hiring practices died hard . Tejanos still stood in fear of the Texas Rangers , the Border Patrol , and even the local Sheriff's Department , remembering the long history of mistreatment at the hands of the these ...
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Spain Mexico | 19 |
Life in Anglo Texas 18361880 | 34 |
Latin Americans in the Postwar Era 19451960 | 107 |
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