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Author:

Dewey, Alicia M., 1962- author.

Title:

Pesos and dollars : entrepreneurs in the Texas-Mexico borderlands, 1880-1940 / Alicia M. Dewey ; foreword by Sterling Evans.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xx, 337 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Texas, South--History--History--19th century.
Texas, South--History--History--20th century.
Mexican-American Border Region--History--History--19th century.
Mexican-American Border Region--History--History--20th century.
Commerce.
North America--Mexican-American Border Region.
Texas, South.
1800 - 1999

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index.

Contents:

Commercial society in the lower Río Bravo/Rio Grande borderlands: Borderlands in transition (1820-1880) -- Forging a landscape of opportunity (1880-1940) -- Texas borderland entrepreneurs: Seizing opportunity -- Searching for the American dream -- Navigating change -- The elusiveness of success: Accessing credit -- Facing failure -- Starting over -- Appendix 1. Businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Appendix 2. Sample of large businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Appendix 3. Sample of small businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Appendix 4. Women-owned businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Appendix 5. Credit ratings for businesses reported in R.G. Dun reference books -- Notes.

Series:

Connecting the greater west series

ISBN:

1623492092 (e-book)
9781623492090 (e-book)
1623491754 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781623491758 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)878812671

LCCN:

2014015201

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)