River of Hope Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands

Name: River of Hope Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands
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ISBN: 9780822351856

ISBN-10: 0822351854

ISBN-13: 9780822351856

Edition: 2012

Authors: Omar S. Valerio-Jimï¿½nez, Omar S. Valerio-Jimï¿½nez

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InRiver of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the Lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He chronicles a history of violence resulting from multiple conquests, of resistance and accommodation to state power, and of changing ethnic and political identities. The redrawing of borders neither began nor ended the region's long history of unequal power relations. Nor did it lead residents to adopt singular colonial or national identities. Instead, their regionalism, transnational cultural practices, and kinship ties subverted state attempts to control and divide the population.Diverse…

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List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 1/16/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of Maps, Figures, and Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Constructing Vecinos, Constructing Indios: Complex Interdependence



Fragmented Communities: Class and Gender Hierarchies



Opposing Forces: Political Loyalty and Trade



Bandidos or Citizens?: Everyday Forms of Resistance to Political and Legal Changes



Divorcï¿½es, Rancheros, and Peons: Changing Class and Gender Relations



Contested Citizenship: The Enduring Roles of Race and Class


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index