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Mexican Coal Mining Labor in Texas and Coahuila, 1880-1930 (Hardcover)
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Mexican Coal Mining Labor in Texas and Coahuila, 1880-1930 (Hardcover)
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The years 1880 to 1930 mark the period in time in Texas' coal
mining history known as the handloading era, during which the
system of mining for coal by hand was both established and
eliminated, giving way to a new era of advancing technologies and
methods used in mines on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border. The
contributions of the large immigrant population who worked the
mines, however, have long been overlooked by historians. Departing
from the standard studies of Texas or Mexican mining which remain
lodged within the nation-state, in Mexican Coal Mining Labor in
Texas and Coahuila, 1880-1930, Roberto Calderon presents a
transnational comparative framework for understanding the complex
matrix of mining, investment capital, labor markets, railroad
construction, and racial ideology in Texas and Coahuila, Mexico,
during a period of economic growth and social disruption on both
sides of the border. Placing industry within the political economy
of both Mexico and the western United States, he presents an
intriguing discussion of the establishment of the mines, the
industrial and urban markets, and the life and work of workers and
their response to changing conditions. With detailed research, he
paints a vivid portrait of the industry at the time unlike any
existing history. In so doing, Calderon revises the view that
Mexican workers were careless and difficult to work with and
documents their struggle for recognition and union organization.
Using a rich array of archival, statistical, government, and
periodical material, as well as personal accounts from those who
lived the experience, Calderon brings a new approach to a subject
usually only studied in terms of its geology. He also provides a
specific demographic analysis of two important Texas border
countries in coal production, Webb and Maverick, examining the
influence of the immigrant labor population through such social
variables as education, naturalization, literacy, and housing
patterns. A final chapter details the workers' response to unions
and the major labor actions that brought about changes in the
general working conditions of the mines. Mexican Coal Mining Labor
is an original contribution to the fields of Chicano and
Borderlands history, Texas history, and labor history.
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