Mexican Americans in Texas A Brief History

Name: Mexican Americans in Texas A Brief History
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ISBN: 9780882952680

ISBN-10: 0882952684

ISBN-13: 9780882952680

Edition: 3rd 2009

Authors: Arnoldo De Leon

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The 3rd edition of this ground-breaking publication, the first survey of Tejanos, has been completely updated to present a concise political, cultural, and social history of Mexican Americans in Texas from the Spanish colonial era to the present day, a time when people of Mexican descent are poised to become the demographic majority in the Lone Star. Writing specifically for the college-level student and careful to include a consensus of the latest literature in this strong and continually growing field, Professor De León portrays Tejanos as active subjects, not merely objects, in the ongoing Texas story. Complemented by a stunning photographic essay and a helpful glossary, and featuring…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/20/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.10" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.858



Preface



Texas: A Spanish Outpost, 1716-1790s



Under Three Nations: Spain, Mexico, and the Texas Republic, 1790s-1836



A New Citizenship: Life in Anglo Texas, 1836-1880



Mexican Americans and Inmigrantes in a Modernizing Society, 1880-1910



Corridors North, 1900-1930



The World War I Years and the 1920s



To the U.S. Born, 1930-1945



"Latin Americans" in the Postwar Era, 1945-1960



The Sixties and El Movimiento, 1960-1976



Hispanic Texans in the Late Twentieth Century



The Charge Forward


Glossary


Notes


Index


Maps


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