Blood oranges colonialism and agriculture in the South Texas borderlands / [electronic resource] :
Timothy Paul Bowman ; foreword by Sterling Evans.
- First edition.
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Connecting the greater west series .
- Connecting the greater west series. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note on terminology -- Introduction -- Border colonies: Mexicans, Anglos, and the South Texas borderlands from ranchland to commercial agriculture -- From farmers to colonizers: boosterism and the creation of commercial farming colonies -- Making the border orange: citriculture and the changing landscape of the South Texas borderlands during the 1920s -- "More Texan than the Texans": colonialism and race in the South Texas borderlands, 1917-1930 -- Many valleys: the fates of small growers and Mexican workers during the 1930s -- Toward a homeland: the Chicano Movement and the intellectual creation of homeland in South Texas -- Conclusion -- Notes.