Smeltertown

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Smeltertown
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9780807834114
ISBN-13 : 0807834114
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Book Synopsis Smeltertown by : Monica Perales

Book excerpt: 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, personalarchives, photographs, employee records, parish newsletters, and interviews.


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