Global Heartland is the account of diverse; dispossessed; and displaced people brought together in a former sundown town in Illinois. Recruited to work in the local meat-processing plant; African Americans; Mexicans; and West Africans re-create the town in unexpected ways. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the US; Mexico; and Togo; Faranak Miraftab shows how this workforce is produced for the global labor market; how the displaced workers’ transnational lives help them stay in these jobs; and how they negotiate their relationships with each other across the lines of ethnicity; race; language; and nationality as they make a new home. Beardstown is not an exception but an example of local-global connections that make for local development. Focusing on a locality in a non-metropolitan region; this work contributes to urban scholarship on globalization by offering a fresh perspective on politics and materialities of placemaking.
#880687 in Books Will Guzman 2016-07-08Original language:English 8.80 x .60 x 5.90l; .0 #File Name: 0252082060200 pagesCivil Rights in the Texas Borderlands Dr Lawrence A Nixon and Black Activism
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book!By CustomerGreat book; easy to full understand; full of information0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A great read by a gifted and talented author; buy the book!By elgueroWonderful book; telling a compelling and fascinating story of a singularly courageous man and his family; fighting for equal rights for african americans; latinos; and the dispossessed in the frontier town of El Paso; Texas.Beautifully written; wonderful photographs; an incredible story giving life to one of the many unsung stalwarts and heroes of those bad old days.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Offers only scant information about Lawrence A. Nixon.By M. HeissNot much material here. Either Dr. Nixon didn't leave much historical information; or Will Guzman wasn't able to incorporate it into this book; but this book offers slim information on "Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon and Black Activism"; as the subtitle promises.The book operates more as an overview of frontier living in Texas in the 1880s-1960s. There is very limited biographical information.Page 8 describes the Achilles heel of white supremacey: segregation gives blacks the opportunity to develop and control their own institutions. Page 44 shows that because of this; black doctors and professionals had a vested interest in maintaining segregation; rather than pushing for integration.Page 15-16 offers a good description of American middle class charateristics: sanctity of home; family and church; self-discipline; self-education; penchant for thrift; savings and acquiring real estate; strivers and joiners.Nixon; the "activist"; is never reported in attendance at any significant events. He missed Juneteenth 1923 (p. 65) He missed Booker T.'s visit in 1911 (p. 43) He missed all the SCHW events from 1945-1947 (pp 97-98)He did advocate fro black institutions; and the pride and hope they bring.The book offers god information on "borderlands" and how southwestern cities integrated decades before the rest of the nation. (pp 103-105)Page 100 is total baloney. The HUAC was correct.The references cites Rory McVeigh (p.156; #8) - this work is discredited. The Ku Klux Klan is an institution of the democratic party. It was created as the terrorist arm of the Democrats. It has nothing to do with the right-wing.The Southern Conference for Human Welfare was proudly associated with the Communists. This is not in dispute.
