Social Life

in Cameron, Starr and Zapata Counties

English · 1930 · 2h 50m · Essays & Short Works, Social Science, History

Jovita González offers a historical portrait of everyday life along the lower Rio Grande, focusing on the customs, community structures, and cultural practices that shaped these three South Texas counties. The work focuses on life in the XIX and early XX centuries, and highlights the region’s strong Mexican American heritage, describing how family networks, education, religious observances, community cohesion, local festivals, and ranching traditions formed the backbone of social organization, and of the region’s economy, geography, and its future. (Summary by mpinedag)

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Introduction	2:36	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter I - Historical Background, part 1	14:21	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter I - Historical Background, part 2	12:08	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter II - History of the Settlements at Zapata, Roma, and Rio Grande City, part 1	10:56	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter II - History of the Settlements at Zapata, Roma, and Rio Grande City, part 2	10:33	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter III - Classes of Mexican Landowners in Counties Under Consideration	7:19	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter IV - Social and Economic Life Before the Development of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, part 1	12:20	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter IV - Social and Economic Life Before the Development of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, part 2	17:17	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter IV - Social and Economic Life Before the Development of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, part 3	19:15	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter IV - Social and Economic Life Before the Development of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, part 4	12:56	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter V - Border Politics, part 1	17:47	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter V - Border Politics, part 2	12:51	Leído por mpinedag
Chapter VI - What the Coming of the Americans Has Meant to the Border People	19:41	Leído por mpinedag