Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class

San Antonio, Texas, lies geographically and culturally at the crossroads of Mexico, Texas, and the larger United States. During the Great Depression it lay also at the crossroads of these cultures' myths, memories, and identities. In this city's West Side barrio a generation of Mexican immigrants developed into a new middle class and forged an identity that has shaped Southwestern experience since then: the identity of the Mexican American.

List of Tables	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 3
The Mexican and the City
A Town within a City	p. 15
Mexican Labor and the Depression	p. 54
The Barrio and Everyday Life
Culture and Society	p. 71
The Family	p. 121
The Catholic Church	p. 151
Education	p. 175
San Antonio Politics and the Mexican Community	p. 204
Ideas and Ideology
The Exiled Ricos	p. 221
The Emerging Middle Class and LULAC	p. 253
Epilogue: From Search for Identity to Formation of Ideology, Leadership, and Organization	p. 300
Notes	p. 323
Bibliography	p. 359
Index	p. 379
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