عنوان

Working women into the borderlands /

(Number (ISBN

1623490405 (cloth : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

1623490413 (pbk. : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9781623490409 (cloth : alk. paper)

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9781623490416 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Erroneous ISBN

9781623491390 (e-book)

Number

b421438

Title Proper

Working women into the borderlands /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Sonia Hernández ; foreword by Sterling Evans

Edition Statement

First edition

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 235 pages :

Other Physical Details

maps ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Series Title

Connecting the greater west series

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) and index

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

"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

Economic development-- Mexican-American Border Region-- 20th century

Economic development-- Mexico, North-- 20th century

Mexican American women labor union members-- Mexican-American Border Region-- History-- 20th century

Women in the labor movement-- Mexican-American Border Region-- History-- 20th century

Women in the labor movement-- Mexico, North-- History-- 20th century

Women labor union members-- Mexico, North-- History-- 20th century

Class number

Class number

Book number

Book number

Hernández, Sonia,1976-

Date of Transaction

20150506130306.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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