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Working women into the borderlands

Hernández, Sonia, 1976-

Working women into the borderlands [electronic resource] / Sonia Hernández ; with a foreword by Sterling Evans. - First edition. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Connecting the greater west series . - Connecting the greater west series. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Norteño history as borderlands history -- Selling the Norteño borderlands: capital, land, and labor -- Peasant women's work in a changing countryside during the Porfiriato -- "We cannot suffer any longer from the patrón's bad treatment": everyday forms of peasant negotiation -- (En)Gendering revolution in the borderlands: revolucionarias, combatants, and supporters in the northeast -- Women's labor and activism in the greater Mexican borderlands, 1910-1930 -- Class, gender, and power in the postrevolutionary borderlands -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Selected mutual-aid societies and related collective organizations in the Mexican Northeast, 1880-1910 -- Appendix 2. Selected organizations in Texas affiliated with the Partido Liberal Mexicano, 1911-1917 -- Appendix 3. Selected estatutos (by-laws) and artículos of the Unión de Obreras "Fraternidad Femenil" (Xicotencatl, Tamaulipas).

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Economic development--Mexican-American Border Region--20th century.
Economic development--Mexico, North--20th century.
Mexican American women labor union members--History--Mexican-American Border Region--20th century.
Women labor union members--History--Mexico, North--20th century.
Women in the labor movement--History--Mexican-American Border Region--20th century.
Women in the labor movement--History--Mexico, North--20th century.


Electronic books.

HD6079.2.M6 / H47 2014

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