Pesos and dollars [electronic resource] : entrepreneurs in the Texas-Mexico borderlands, 1880-1940 / Alicia M. Dewey ; foreword by Sterling Evans.
Material type: TextSeries: Connecting the greater west series | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2014. 2015)Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (pages cm.)ISBN:- 9781623492090
- 1623492092
- 338/.040972109041 23
- HF3161.T4 D49 2014
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.
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