Book
Voluntary associations among Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas: organizational and leadership characteristics
Arno Press • New York • Published In 1976 • Pages: viii, 220
By: Lane, John Hart.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book explores factors relevant to participation in ethnic voluntary associations among Mexican-Americans in San Antonio, Texas. Both the nature of the organizations and their leaders are examined with regard to socio-economic measures. Comparisons are made between La Raza Unida as a political movement and the Black movement.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sodalities
- Congregations
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Military organization
- Ethnosociology
- Education system
- Social relationships and groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Richard A. Wagner ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Hart Lane, Jr.
- Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1968
- Footnotes references in the text may be found in Information sources listed in other works (113).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-220)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76001292
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans