Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class San Antonio, 1929-1941

San Antonio, Texas, lies geographically and culturally at the crossroads of Mexico, Texas, and the larger United States. During the Great Depression it lay also at the crossroads of these cultures' myths, memories, and identities. In this city's West Side barrio a generation of Mexican immigrants developed into a new middle class and forged an identity that has shaped Southwestern experience since then: the identity of the Mexican American.Garcia, Richard A. is the author of 'Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class San Antonio, 1929-1941' with ISBN 9781585440528 and ISBN 1585440523.