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Household work/subsistence strategies among Mexican Americans of the lower Rio Grande Valley

University Microfilms InternationalAnn Arbor, MichiganPublished In 1986 • Pages:

By: Briody, Elizabeth Kathleen.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Labor supply and employment
External migration
Internal migration
Labor relations
Production and supply
Sociocultural trends
Division of labor by gender
Income and demand
Household
Public assistance
Private welfare agencies
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.
Ethnologist
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Marlene Martin ; 1986-1987
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1982-1983
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1740s - 1983
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Lower Rio Grande Valley, south Texas, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Elizabeth Kathleen Briody
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Texas at Austin, 1985
UM8529820
Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-424)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mexican Americans