Borderline Americans : racial division and labor war in the Arizona borderlands / Katherine Benton-Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benton-Cohen, Katherine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Arizona--Cochise County--History.

Working class.

Labor movement--Arizona--Cochise County--History.

Labor movement.

Labor disputes--Arizona--Cochise County--History.

Labor disputes.

Social conflict--Arizona--Cochise County--History.

Social conflict.

Racism--Arizona--Cochise County--History.

Racism.

Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Cochise County.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Cochise County (Ariz.)--Economic conditions.

Cochise County (Ariz.).

Cochise County (Ariz.)--Race relations.

Cochise County (Ariz.)--Social conditions.

Mexican-American Border Region--History.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Are you an American, or are you not?" This is the question at the heart of Katherine Benton-Cohen's provocative history, which ties that seemingly remote corner of the country to one of America's central concerns: the historical creation of racial boundaries. By showing the multiple possibilities for racial meanings in America, Benton-Cohen's insightful and informative work challenges our assumptions about race and national identity.

Contents:

A shared world in Tres Alamos

Race and conflict in tombstone

The white man's camp in Bisbee

"A better man for us" in Warren

Mormons and Mexicans in the San Pedro River Valley

Women and men in the Sulphur Springs and San Simon Valleys

The Bisbee deportation

One country, two races.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-348) and index.

ISBN:

9780674053557

0674053559

OCLC:

648759742