Racial Dynamics in Early Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-06-14
Mått159 x 234 x 28 mm
Vikt667 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor408
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739170977

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In Racial Dynamics in Early Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas, Jason McDonald successfully adds to the sparse historical literature that compares black and Latino experiences as urbanization hastened in the first three decades of the twentieth century. ... This is an important work for scholars interested in the processes of racialization, ghettoization, and segregation, or students of urban history in the South and Southwest. As U.S. cities continue to incorporate more Latinos and other racial groups, understanding the dynamics of tri-racial urban societies becomes increasingly important. Austin provides a case study that is large enough to be representative but small enough to be viewed holistically. Every aspect of life in Austin is explored through the prism of race relations. The meticulous and comprehensive research stands out. The primary source materials demonstrate an incredible amount of archival work, and the text is augmented by an impressive array of over sixty charts, tables, and graphs. This book is a welcome addition to the small but growing literature on Austin, and it dispels the idea that Austin is little more than a contemporary manifestation of the 'creative city'—it also reflects the often troubled histories and cultures of cities in the South and Southwest.