Smeltertown making and remembering a Southwest border community / Monica Perales.
| Author/creator | Perales, Monica |
| Other author | William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, |
| Description | xiv, 333 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | pt. 1. Making places -- Making a border city -- Creating Smeltertown -- pt. 2. Making identities -- We're just smelter people -- We were one hundred percent Mexican -- She was very American -- pt. 3. Remembering Smeltertown -- The demise of Smeltertown -- Epilogue: Finding Smeltertown. |
| Abstract | Traces the history of Smeltertown, Texas, a city located on the banks of the Rio Grande that was home to generations of ethnic Mexicans who worked at the American Smelting and Refining Company in El Paso, Texas, with information from newspapers, personal archives, photographs, employee records, parish newsletters, and interviews. |
| General note | "Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010004479 |
| ISBN | 9780807834114 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807834114 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780807871461 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 080787146X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |