TY - BOOK AU - Dewey,Alicia M. ED - Project Muse. TI - Pesos and dollars: entrepreneurs in the Texas-Mexico borderlands, 1880-1940 T2 - Connecting the greater west series SN - 9781623492090 AV - HF3161.T4 D49 2014 U1 - 338/.040972109041 23 PY - 2014/// CY - College Station PB - Texas A&M University Press KW - Mexican-American Border Region KW - Commerce KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 19th century KW - Texas, South KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Commercial society in the lower Río Bravo/Rio Grande borderlands: Borderlands in transition (1820-1880) -- Forging a landscape of opportunity (1880-1940) -- Texas borderland entrepreneurs: Seizing opportunity -- Searching for the American dream -- Navigating change -- The elusiveness of success: Accessing credit -- Facing failure -- Starting over -- Appendix 1. Businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Appendix 2. Sample of large businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Appendix 3. Sample of small businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Appendix 4. Women-owned businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Appendix 5. Credit ratings for businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Notes UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781623492090/ ER -