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The Informal and Underground Economy of the South Texas Border Richardson-final.indb i Richardson-final.indb i 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM Number Thirty-six Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture Richardson-final.indb ii Richardson-final.indb ii 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM [3.84.7.255] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 17:05 GMT) The Informal and Underground Economy of the South Texas Border By Chad Richardson and Michael J. Pisani University of Texas Press Austin Richardson-final.indb iii Richardson-final.indb iii 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM Publication of this work was made possible in part by support from the J. E. Smothers, Sr., Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Copyright © 2012 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2012 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ○ ∞ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Richardson, Chad, 1943– The informal and underground economy of the South Texas border / by Chad Richardson and Michael J. Pisani. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-73927-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Informal sector (Economics)—Texas. 2. Informal sector (Economics)— Mexican-American Border Region. 3. Labor—Texas. 4. Labor—MexicanAmerican Border Region. 5. Crime—Texas. 6. Crime—Mexican-American Border Region. 7. Texas—Economic conditions. 8. Mexican-American Border Region—Economic conditions. I. Pisani, Michael J., 1962– II. Title. HD2346.U52T467 2012 330—dc23 2011048580 doi: 10.7560/739277 Richardson-final.indb iv Richardson-final.indb iv 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM [3.84.7.255] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 17:05 GMT) To the individuals along this great fault line we call the border who shared their lives. They illuminated ours in the process. CR & MJP For Jana, William, Carina, & Geoffrey, borderlanders, in one way or another, all. MJP Richardson-final.indb v Richardson-final.indb v 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM 8/7/12 10:30:06 PM THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...