Monica Perales: 1 book
Smeltertown
Making and Remembering a Southwest Border Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Company town. Blighted community. Beloved home. Nestled on the banks of the Rio Grande, at the heart of a railroad, mining, and smelting empire, Smeltertown--La Esmelda, as its residents called it--was home to generations of ethnic Mexicans who labored at the American Smelting and Refining Company...
