List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Blacks, Mexicans, and Urban America
2. Redefining Racial Hierarchy
3. Augmenting Segregation
4. Racializing Space and Community
5. Institutionalizing Inequality
6. Monopolizing Opportunity
7. Contesting Hegemony
8. Epilogue: The Long Shadow of Racialization
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Jason McDonald has taught American history at various institutions, including Brunel University, Iowa State University, and the University of Southampton.
In Racial Dynamics in Early Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas, Jason
McDonald successfully adds to the sparse historical literature that
compares black and Latino experiences as urbanization hastened in
the first three decades of the twentieth century. ... This is an
important work for scholars interested in the processes of
racialization, ghettoization, and segregation, or students of urban
history in the South and Southwest. As U.S. cities continue to
incorporate more Latinos and other racial groups, understanding the
dynamics of tri-racial urban societies becomes increasingly
important. Austin provides a case study that is large enough to be
representative but small enough to be viewed holistically. Every
aspect of life in Austin is explored through the prism of race
relations. The meticulous and comprehensive research stands out.
The primary source materials demonstrate an incredible amount of
archival work, and the text is augmented by an impressive array of
over sixty charts, tables, and graphs. This book is a welcome
addition to the small but growing literature on Austin, and it
dispels the idea that Austin is little more than a contemporary
manifestation of the 'creative city'—it also reflects the often
troubled histories and cultures of cities in the South and
Southwest.
*Journal of American Ethnic History*
Since the 1900s, an increasing number of scholars have interrogated
the complex racial history of Texas in ways that disrupt binaries
of black and white or Anglo and Mexican American. Historian Jason
McDonald contributes to this growing body of work with Racial
Dynamics in the Early Twentieth-Century Austin, Texas, a book that
focuses on African Americans, Anglos, and ethnic Mexicans in the
years between 1900 and 1930. ... [T]his book provides a wealth of
statistics. . . . scholars seeking information on urban issues in
central Texas will consider this book a useful resource.
*Journal of Southern History*
One of the strengths of Racial Dynamics in Early Twentieth-Century
Austin, Texas is the stories that McDonald tells to illustrate the
point that he is trying to make—that this "tripartite segregation"
that existed in Austin was unique from other cities in the South
and Southwest. . . McDonald has written an ambitious book that
gives the reader some understanding as to how three racial and
ethnic groups co-existed in Austin in the early twentieth
century.
*Southwestern Historical Quarterly*
Jason McDonald's well researched and beautifully written book
raises some new and very challenging questions about the pattern of
race relations experienced by Mexican-Americans and
African-Americans in Austin, Texas in the early 20th century.
*George C. Wright, Prairie View A&M University*
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