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Author McDonald, Jason (Jason J.)

Title Racial dynamics in early twentieth-century Austin, Texas / Jason McDonald
Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 371 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction : blacks, Mexicans, and urban America -- Redefining racial hierarchy -- Augmenting segregation -- Racializing space and community -- Institutionalizing inequality -- Monopolizing opportunity -- Contesting hegemony -- Epilogue: the long shadow of racialization
Summary This pioneering study sheds new light on racial dynamics in the urban Southwest at a critical juncture in the history of the region and the nation. It focuses upon the experiences of ethnoracial minorities, particularly African Americans and Mexican immigrants in Austin, Texas from the dawn of the Progressive Era to the onset of the Great Depression. Through this lens, McDonald explores the issues of migration, proletarianization, marginalization, adaptation, identity, and community. He reveals how, in response to the exponential growth of the local ethnic-Mexican population, the white elite of the Lone Star State's capital adapted the city's bipartite system of segregation, which had traditionally separated blacks from whites, to incorporate Mexicans as a third and separate element, neither black nor white. As well as examining how African Americans and Mexican Americans responded to life in a racially-stratified society, McDonald examines the often fraught relationship between these groups. <br /> <br />
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject African Americans -- Texas -- Austin -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Austin -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Cultural pluralism -- Texas -- Austin -- Case studies
Minorities -- Texas -- Austin -- History -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
African Americans -- Social conditions
Cultural pluralism
Ethnic relations
Mexican Americans -- Social conditions
Minorities
Race relations
SUBJECT Austin (Tex.) -- Race relations
Austin (Tex.) -- Ethnic relations
Subject Texas -- Austin
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012010701
ISBN 9780739170991
0739170996
6613950394
9786613950390
1283637936
9781283637930