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BL
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592219
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b421438
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Hernández, Sonia,1976-
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| Title & Author
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Working women into the borderlands /\ Sonia Hernández ; foreword by Sterling Evans
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| Edition Statement
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First edition
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| Series Statement
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Connecting the greater west series
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 235 pages :: maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9781623490409 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 1623490405 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781623490416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1623490413 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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9781623491390 (e-book)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: Norteño history as borderlands history -- Selling the Norteño borderlands: capital, land, and labor -- Peasant women's work in a changing countryside during the Porfiriato -- "We cannot suffer any longer from the patrón's bad treatment": everyday forms of peasant negotiation -- (En)Gendering revolution in the borderlands: revolucionarias, combatants, and supporters in the northeast -- Women's labor and activism in the greater Mexican borderlands, 1910-1930 -- Class, gender, and power in the postrevolutionary borderlands -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Selected mutual-aid societies and related collective organizations in the Mexican Northeast, 1880-1910 -- Appendix 2. Selected organizations in Texas affiliated with the Partido Liberal Mexicano, 1911-1917 -- Appendix 3. Selected estatutos (by-laws) and artículos of the Unión de Obreras "Fraternidad Femenil" (Xicoténcatl, Tamaulipas)
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| Abstract
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"In Working Women into the Borderlands, author Sonia Hernández sheds light on how women's labor was shaped by US capital in the northeast region of Mexico and how women's labor activism simultaneously shaped the nature of foreign investment and relations between Mexicans and Americans. As capital investments fueled the growth of heavy industries in cities and ports such as Monterrey and Tampico, women's work complemented and strengthened their male counterparts' labor in industries which were historically male-dominated. As Hernández reveals, women laborers were expected to maintain their "proper" place in society, and work environments were in fact gendered and class-based. Yet, these prescribed notions of class and gender were frequently challenged as women sought to improve their livelihoods by using everyday forms of negotiation including collective organizing, labor arbitration boards, letter writing, creating unions, assuming positions of confianza ("trustworthiness"), and by migrating to urban centers and/or crossing into Texas. Drawing extensively on bi-national archival sources, newspapers, and published records, Working Women into the Borderlands demonstrates convincingly how women's labor contributions shaped the development of one of the most dynamic and contentious borderlands in the globe." -- Publisher's description
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Women in the labor movement-- Mexico, North-- History-- 20th century
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Women in the labor movement-- Mexican-American Border Region-- History-- 20th century
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Women labor union members-- Mexico, North-- History-- 20th century
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Mexican American women labor union members-- Mexican-American Border Region-- History-- 20th century
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Economic development-- Mexico, North-- 20th century
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Economic development-- Mexican-American Border Region-- 20th century
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| LC Classification
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HD6079.2.M6H47 2014
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HD6079.2.M6H47 2014
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