Title Pesos and dollars : entrepreneurs in the Texas-Mexico borderlands, 1880-1940 / Alicia M. Dewey ; foreword by Sterling Evans

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Connecting the greater west series Connecting the greater west series. Contents 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 Summary The commercial world of South Texas between 1880 and 1940 provided an attractive environment for many seeking to start new businesses, especially businesses that linked the markets and finances of the United States and Mexico. Entrepreneurs regularly crossed the physical border in pursuit of business. But more important, more complex, and less well-known were the linguistic, cultural, and ethnic borders they navigated daily as they interacted with customers, creditors, business partners, and employees. Drawing on her expertise as a bankruptcy lawyer, historian Alicia M. Dewey tells the story of Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Commerce SUBJECT Texas, South -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century Texas, South -- Commerce -- History -- 20th century Mexican-American Border Region -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century Mexican-American Border Region -- Commerce -- History -- 20th century Subject North America -- Mexican-American Border Region South Texas Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Evans, Sterling, writer of foreword LC no. 2014015201 ISBN 9781623492090 1623492092

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