BORDER LIFE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, ESSAYS OF REMEMBRANCE AND RESEARCH - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0935071148 ISBN 13: 9780935071146

Publisher: Hidalgo County Historical Society, 1996

Synopsis

Contents include: Living on the Economic Edge (Valley Colonias, Valley Migrants, Poverty, La Pulga), Immigration and Its Problems (Border Patrol, Refugees, Bracero Experience, Hidalgo Bracero Center), The Valley's Hispanic Heritage (Spanish Influence, Chicanos, Women Immigrants), Folkways and Folklore (Home Remedies are Still Popular, Folktales of the Valley, La Lechuza Legend, Offerings to San Judas, Shrine of La Virgen de San Juan del Valle), Education and Its Concerns (Mexican-Americans in Valley School, Undocumented Children and Public Schools, Mexican and U.S. Schools Compared), Looking at History (Tumultuous History of Valley Land Sales, Padre Island, Vaqueros of King Ranch, Texas Kickapoo Indians, When U.S. Occupied Veracruz), The Land and the River (Flacon Dam Brough Changes, A Canoe Trip to the Rio Grande's Mouth, Border Wildlife Refuges Face Problems, Natural Control of Pests), Jails and Prisons (Americans in Mexican Prisons, Career Smugglers Tell Their Experiences).

About this edition

• Publisher: Hidalgo County Historical Society
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0935071148
• ISBN 13: 9780935071146
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 206
• Editor: Hal Kopel
• Illustrator: Noel Palmenez