Historic Rio Grande Valley
Author: Marjorie Johnson
Publisher:
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781893619227
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Historic Laredo
Author: Maria Eugenia Guerra
Publisher: HPN Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1893619168
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated history of Loredo, Texas, paired with histories of the local companies.
Tejano Legacy
Author: Armando C. Alonzo
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780826318978
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA revisionist account of the Tejano experience in south Texas from its Spanish colonial roots to 1900.
Irrigation in Texas
Author: James C. Nagle
Publisher:
Published: 1910
Total Pages: 102
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLuna Farming Legacy
Author: Lorena Bryan et al
Publisher:
Published: 2019-12-09
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780998207087
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescendants of Spanish Colonial settlers have been practicing subsistence farming along the Rio Grande for over 250 years. As that same river became the international boundary between the US and Mexico in 1848, landownership and the landscape began to change. As issues in Mexico such as the Mexican Revolution pushed families over the river into the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, many folks established themselves as farmers along side the new arrivals from the American Midwest in the early 1900s. The guarantee of successful year-round farming was a prominent theme and the Lunas were willing and able to embark on that challenge. As their life in the US began with some time in Los Ebanos, the family eventually found themselves purchasing land and farming in Edinburg. Today Luna family members are still farming in a section of northwest Edinburg fondly referred to as "Lunaville" by fellow farmers.
Status of Farming in the Lower Rio Grande Irrigated District of Texas
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Published: 1918
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Timers and Old Timers
Author: Kenneth L. Untiedt
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 1574414712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Texas Folklore Society has been alive and kicking for over one hundred years now, and I don't really think there's any mystery as to what keeps the organization going strong. The secret to our longevity is simply the constant replenishment of our body of contributors. We are especially fortunate in recent years to have had papers given at our annual meetings by new members--young members, many of whom are college or even high school students. "These presentations are oftentimes given during sessions right alongside some of our oldest members. We've also had long-time members who've been around for years but had never yet given papers; thankfully, they finally took the opportunity to present their research, fulfilling the mission of the TFS: to collect, preserve, and present the lore of Texas and the Southwest. "You'll find in this book some of the best articles from those presentations. The first fruits of our youngest or newest members include Acayla Haile on the folklore of plants. Familiar and well-respected names like J. Rhett Rushing and Kenneth W. Davis discuss folklore about monsters and the classic 'widow's revenge' tale. These works--and the people who produced them--represent the secret behind the history of the Texas Folklore Society, as well as its future."--Kenneth L. Untiedt
Guidance Manual for the Control of Transboundary Movements of Recoverable Wastes
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2009-02-23
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9264060758
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Guidance Manual includes detailed explanations on how to implement the OECD Decision on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Recoverable Wastes.
Rebellion in the Borderlands
Author: James A. Sandos
Publisher:
Published: 2022-08-16
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780806191560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the story of events set in motion in South Texas when the anarchist Plan of San Diego was set between 1915 and 1917. The rebels planned to reclaim lands the United States lost in 1846 and to kill every North America male over sixteen. Sandos's book is a groundbreaking attempt to recover a historical memory long repressed in both the United States and Mexico, a failed plan that for almost 70 years colored official American attitudes toward Mexico.
"We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now"
Author: Annelise Orleck
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2018-02-27
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0807081787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of low-wage workers rising up around the world to demand respect and a living wage. Tracing a new labor movement sparked and sustained by low-wage workers from across the globe, “We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now” is an urgent, illuminating look at globalization as seen through the eyes of workers-activists: small farmers, fast-food servers, retail workers, hotel housekeepers, home-healthcare aides, airport workers, and adjunct professors who are fighting for respect, safety, and a living wage. With original photographs by Liz Cooke and drawing on interviews with activists in many US cities and countries around the world, including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Mexico, South Africa, and the Philippines, it features stories of resistance and rebellion, as well as reflections on hope and change as it rises from the bottom up.
