Pesos and Dollars : Entrepreneurs in the Texas-Mexico Borderlands, 1880-1940 / Alicia M. Dewey ; foreword by Sterling Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dewey, Alicia M., 1962- author.

Series:

Connecting the greater west series.

Connecting the greater west series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican-American Border Region--Commerce--History--20th century.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Mexican-American Border Region--Commerce--History--19th century.

Texas, South--Commerce--History--20th century.

Texas, South.

Texas, South--Commerce--History--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book enriches the study of the US-Mexican borderlands by examining cooperation and collaboration in pursuit of profit, demonstrating that there was more to the region during this period than simmering conflict, class stratification, and racial prejudice. There was also the enduring pursuit of pesos and dollars.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-209-2

OCLC:

896796389