La Sociedad: Guardians of Hispanic Culture Along the Río Grande

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LA SOCIEDAD © 2010 by the University of New Mexico Press All rights reserved. Published 2010 Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rivera, José A., 1944– La sociedad : guardians of Hispanic culture along the Río Grande / text by José A. Rivera ; With the assistance of Rogelio Briones, Michael Atencio, and Daniel Salazar ; photographs by Daniel Salazar. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8263-4894-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos. 2. Fraternal organizations— Southwestern States. 3. Hispanic Americans. I. Title. hs1510.s6656r58 2010 369'.368079—dc22 2010014705 design and composition Barbara Haines text is minion pro 10/13.75 ...