Book
Household work/subsistence strategies among Mexican Americans of the lower Rio Grande Valley
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: Briody, Elizabeth Kathleen.
Abstract
This dissertation examines work and subsistence strategies employed by low income Chicano households in the lower Rio Grande Valley between 1948 and 1983 (p. viii). The subjects it covers are a social and economic history of agriculture in south Texas, labor immigration to the lower Rio Grande Valley, life in the COLONíA, changing patterns of agricultural labor, seasonal household migration, work strategies outside of agriculture, and public and private forms of assistance.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1986-1987
- Field Date
- 1982-1983
- Coverage Date
- 1740s - 1983
- Coverage Place
- Lower Rio Grande Valley, south Texas, United States
- Notes
- Elizabeth Kathleen Briody
- UM8529820
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-424)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Texas at Austin, 1985
- LCSH
- Mexican Americans