The Poorest of Americans: The Mexican Americans of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas

by Robert Lee Maril

Book Overview

POOREST OF AMERICANS ROBERT LEE MARIL PAPERBACK 228 PAGES COPYRIGHT 1989 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PRESS This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268015805
• ISBN13: 9780268015800
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great Book

I am a graduate student in sociology. I live in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Great book, very well written, great research. A must read for any serious study of poverty. Definitely on a level with "Waltzing With the Ghost of Tom Jode."

A Must Read

I have read other books from this author Robert L. Maril. This book is not only informative and grounded in social fact; which makes it a great text book for students, but it is also a good read. Dr Maril has the ability to write in such a way that it challanges the academic mind, and at the same time the book is relatively easy to read for the none academic. I happen to live in the Lower Rio Grande River Valley of South Texas and really did not realize many things about the Valley, as we call it, until I read this book. I did not realize just how poor this area is becaue you have to get off the beaten path to see it. It is a great book and will leave you wanting more.