
Desert Immigrants The Mexicans of El Paso, 1880-1920 Mario T. García
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- Series:
- The Lamar Series in Western History
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication date:
- 10 Sep 1982
- ISBN:
- 9780300028836
- Imprint:
- Yale University Press
- Dimensions:
- 318 pages: 235 x 156mm
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"Scholars as well as the general reader will find Desert Immigrants an engaging and informative book. It is based on a detailed reading of El Paso?s English and Spanish language newspapers as well as oral interviews and manuscript collections. A myriad of facts and names are meticulously organized to make a general argument. The book succeeds in linking the local history to larger themes in American history and as such stands as an example to be emulated by other historians of the Southwest."?Richard Griswold del Castillo, Journal of American History
"Carefully and thoroughly researched, the study examines Mexican immigration, housing, education, politics, economics, and culture and clearly demonstrates that Mexicans contributed significantly to the development of El Paso as an important railroad, mining, commercial and ranching center of the Southwest."?Library Journal
"Well organized, well documented, and well written."?Choice
"The book is a major contribution ? the product of serious research, competently written, and almost entirely free of partisan emotion."?C.L. Sonnichsen, The Journal of Arizona History
"A gracefully written social and urban history."?Luis Leobardo Arroyo, La Red/The Net (National Chicano Newsletter)
"Desert Immigrants is history at its best. It describes and analyzes the contributions of Mexican men and women to El Paso's economic growth and integration into the national economy. . . . A thoroughly researched and well-written study of an all too often overlooked component of the West's 'instant cities.'"?Lawrence A. Cardoso, Western Historical Quarterly
"The best so far on Chicano history. It is highly recomended for all those interested in this subject or, more generally, in immigration or the history of the American Southwest."?Linda Hall, Southwest Reviewrecommended
"I enthusiastically recommend Desert Immigrants. It is a superb piece of scholarship?a major contribution not only to Chicano history, but also to immigration history, urban history, and U.S. history in general. And, particularly through its richness of anecdotal detail, it provides a revealing slice of Americana."?Carlos E. Cort‚s, Pacific Historical Review
"So well-researched, written and organized that it is likely to become a standard against which other local studies will be compared."?Pacific Historian
Winner of a 1981 Southwest Book Award given by the Border Regional Library Association
Winner of the 1981 Virginia McCormick Scully Literary Award
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