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Foley, Neil F. "The New South in the Southwest: Anglos, Blacks, and Mexicans in Central Texas, 1880-1930," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, January 1990. Advisor: Rebecca Scott (11, 8, 2)
Using plantation records, newspapers, government documents, and various manuscript collections, this study examines the complex interactions of predominantly Anglo owners and tenants, Black and Mexican sharecroppers, and Mexican migrant workers in central Texas, where the growth of large-scale agriculture reduced tenants from the status of semi-independent farmers to that of wage laborers, and relied heavily on the labor Mexican sharecroppers and seasonal workers. The study also undertakes a critical assessment of Anglo Socialists in Texas, who preached class unity among all farmers, but resisted efforts of Black and Mexican farmers to organize their own locals of renters’ unions.
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