The White Scourge
Subtitle: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture (American Crossroads, 2)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: January 2, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780520207233
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Ethnic Studies; Ethnography; Work & labour; United States - State & Local - General; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Ethnic Sociology; Race And Ethnic Relations; Social aspects; Social Science; Sociology; Minority Studies - Race Relations; USA; Ethnic Studies - General; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; History / General; Cotton growing; Discrimination & Racism; Texas; African Americans; Cotton picking; History
First sentence: In December 1820 Moses Austin, father of Texas empresario Stephen F. Austin, was summoned to appear before Don Antonio Martinez.