Smeltertown

Description:

Traces the history of Smeltertown, Texas, a city located on the banks of the Rio Grande that was home to generations of ethnic Mexicans who worked at the American Smelting and Refining Company in El Paso, Texas, with information from newspapers, personal archives, photographs, employee records, parish newsletters, and interviews.

subjects: Collective memory,  Ethnic identity,  Community life,  History,  Smelting,  Mexican Americans,  Company towns,  Working class,  Biography,  Case studies,  Working class, united states,  Texas, history,  Texas, biography,  Social psychology,  Social aspects

Places: Smeltertown (Tex.),  Texas,  Mexican-American Border Region,  Smeltertown