{"product_id":"the-white-scourge-mexicans-blacks-and-poor-whites-in-texas-cotton-culture-volume-2-paperback","title":"The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil Foley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a book that fundamentally challenges our understanding of race in the United States, Neil Foley unravels the complex history of ethnicity in the cotton culture of central Texas. This engrossing narrative, spanning the period from the Civil War through the collapse of tenant farming in the early 1940s, bridges the intellectual chasm between African American and Southern history on one hand and Chicano and Southwestern history on the other. \u003ci\u003eThe White Scourge\u003c\/i\u003e describes a unique borderlands region, where the cultures of the South, West, and Mexico overlap, to provide a deeper understanding of the process of identity formation and to challenge the binary opposition between \"black\" and \"white\" that often dominates discussions of American race relations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Texas, which by 1890 had become the nation's leading cotton-producing state, the presence of Mexican sharecroppers and farm workers complicated the black-white dyad that shaped rural labor relations in the South. With the transformation of agrarian society into corporate agribusiness, white racial identity began to fracture along class lines, further complicating categories of identity. Foley explores the \"fringe of whiteness,\" an ethno-racial borderlands comprising Mexicans, African Americans, and poor whites, to trace shifting ideologies and power relations. By showing how many different ethnic groups are defined in relation to \"whiteness,\" Foley redefines white racial identity as not simply a pinnacle of status but the complex racial, social, and economic matrix in which power and privilege are shared.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFoley skillfully weaves archival material with oral history interviews, providing a richly detailed view of everyday life in the Texas cotton culture. Addressing the ways in which historical categories affect the lives of ordinary people, \u003ci\u003eThe White Scourge\u003c\/i\u003e tells the broader story of racial identity in America; at the same time it paints an evocative picture of a unique American region. This truly multiracial narrative touches on many issues central to our understanding of American history: labor and the role of unions, gender roles and their relation to ethnicity, the demise of agrarian whiteness, and the Mexican-American experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when the inadequacy of Black-white models for understanding race in the U.S. has become increasingly clear, Foley's work is of special importance for the clarity with which it describes complexity. One key to his success is his consistent emphasis on social structure and class relations as he probes the dynamics of race.--David Roediger, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wages of Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Foley deftly brings social, cultural, and political history together in a breathtaking, beautifully written narrative.\"--Robin D. G. Kelley, author of \u003ci\u003eRace Rebels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Foley\u003c\/b\u003e is the Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History at Southern Methodist University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 341\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 9.02 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52467651117361,"sku":"9780520207240","price":64.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/YjhpY1FuYlo4Z2xnNDM0aG1IM1VBUT09.webp?v=1770242112","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/the-white-scourge-mexicans-blacks-and-poor-whites-in-texas-cotton-culture-volume-2-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}