Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans of El Paso, 1880-1920 (The Yale Western Americana Series, 32)

Garcia presents a detailed portrait of Mexican life during the formative years of El Paso, Texas...Carefully and thoroughly researched, the study examines Mexican immigration, housing, education, politics, economics, and culture and clearly demonstrates that Mexicans contributed significantly to the development of El Paso as an important railroad, mining, commercial and ranching center of the Southwest.