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- catalog abstract "Although brickmaking was one of the pioneering non-agricultural manufacturing industries in the Rio Grande Valley, as well as in other areas of the lower Rio Grande region, this is the first ethnographic study of the industry. The many and important connections between brickmaking in Mexico and Texas lead author Scott Cook to consider many core issues in the interdisciplinary field of border cultural studies, even as he gives a clear picture of the development and decline of the binational industry. Drawing largely on oral testimonies from living informants and from ten years of fieldwork in surviving sites, Cook explores the organization, development, and techniques of the border brick industry, cataloging the range of organizational forms of brick manufacturing from household-based petty commodity units to wage-labor-based petty capitalist units. He also highlights a series of linkages between production, labor markets, and commodity markets. Finally, he focuses on understanding how and why handmade brick production disappeared in Texas just as it took off into explosive growth in Mexico, roughly in the period from the 1950s to the 1980s.".
- catalog contributor b10987699.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "1. The Lower Rio Grande Border and Its Brick Industry in Anthropological Perspective -- pt. 1. Industrial Beginnings and the Transmission of Mexican Brick Culture. 2. Brick Culture along the Lower Rio Grande Border in Historical Perspective. 3. Four Generations of Maestros Ladrilleros on Both Sides of the Border: The Soto Family -- pt. 2. Case Studies of Brickmaking on the Texas Side of the Border: Mexican Brick Culture, the Wetback, and Machinofacture. 4. Contrasting South Texas Histories of Mexican Brick Culture: Los Ebanos, Santa Maria, Hidalgo, and McAllen. 5. Mexican Brick Culture's Last Stand in Texas: The Harry P. Anderson Plants at Olmito and Relampago. 6. The German Connection: Guenther Weiske in Madero.".
- catalog description "Although brickmaking was one of the pioneering non-agricultural manufacturing industries in the Rio Grande Valley, as well as in other areas of the lower Rio Grande region, this is the first ethnographic study of the industry. The many and important connections between brickmaking in Mexico and Texas lead author Scott Cook to consider many core issues in the interdisciplinary field of border cultural studies, even as he gives a clear picture of the development and decline of the binational industry. Drawing largely on oral testimonies from living informants and from ten years of fieldwork in surviving sites, Cook explores the organization, development, and techniques of the border brick industry, cataloging the range of organizational forms of brick manufacturing from household-based petty commodity units to wage-labor-based petty capitalist units. He also highlights a series of linkages between production, labor markets, and commodity markets. Finally, he focuses on understanding how and why handmade brick production disappeared in Texas just as it took off into explosive growth in Mexico, roughly in the period from the 1950s to the 1980s.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-325) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxviii, 338 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mexican brick culture in the building of Texas, 1800s-1980s.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mexican brick culture in the building of Texas, 1800s-1980s.".
- catalog isPartOf "Rio Grande/Rio Bravo ; no. 1".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "College Station : Texas A&M University Press,".
- catalog relation "Mexican brick culture in the building of Texas, 1800s-1980s.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico.".
- catalog spatial "Texas.".
- catalog subject "306.3/4 21".
- catalog subject "Brickmaking Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Brickmaking Texas.".
- catalog subject "TP826.5.M6 C66 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Lower Rio Grande Border and Its Brick Industry in Anthropological Perspective -- pt. 1. Industrial Beginnings and the Transmission of Mexican Brick Culture. 2. Brick Culture along the Lower Rio Grande Border in Historical Perspective. 3. Four Generations of Maestros Ladrilleros on Both Sides of the Border: The Soto Family -- pt. 2. Case Studies of Brickmaking on the Texas Side of the Border: Mexican Brick Culture, the Wetback, and Machinofacture. 4. Contrasting South Texas Histories of Mexican Brick Culture: Los Ebanos, Santa Maria, Hidalgo, and McAllen. 5. Mexican Brick Culture's Last Stand in Texas: The Harry P. Anderson Plants at Olmito and Relampago. 6. The German Connection: Guenther Weiske in Madero.".
- catalog title "Mexican brick culture in the building of Texas, 1800s-1980s / Scott Cook.".
- catalog type "text".