7. The Darker Phases of Whiteness: The New Deal, Tenant Farmers, and the Collapse of Cotton Tenancy, 1933-1940

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XI
4. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1. The Old South in the Southwest: Westward Expansion of Cotton Culture, 1820-1900 17
7. 2. "The Little Brown Man in Gringo Land": The "Second Color Menace" in the Western South 40
8. 3. The Whiteness of Cotton: Race, Labor Relations, and the Tenant Question, 1900-1920 64
9. 4. Tom Hickey and the Failure of Interracial Unity: The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender in the Socialist Party of Texas, 1911-1917 92
10. 5. The Scientific Management of Farm Workers: Mexicans, Mechanization, and the Growth of Corporate Cotton Culture in South-Central Texas, 1900-1930 118
11. 6. The Whiteness of Manhood: Women, Gender Identity, and "Men's Work" on the Farm 141
12. 7. The Darker Phases of Whiteness: The New Deal, Tenant Farmers, and the Collapse of Cotton Tenancy, 1933-1940 163
13. 8. The Demise of Agrarian Whiteness: The Southern Tenant Farmers' Union in Texas and the Socialization of Farm Workers 183
14. CONCLUSION 203
15. NOTES 215
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 279
17. INDEX 317