Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936

Name: Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936
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ISBN: 9780520207042

ISBN-10: 0520207041

ISBN-13: 9780520207042

Edition: 1997

Authors: Lisbeth Haas

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Spanning the period between Spanish colonization and the early twentieth century, this well-argued and convincing study examines the histories of Spanish and American conquests, and of ethnicity, race, and community in southern California. Lisbeth Haas draws on a diverse body of source materials (mission and court archives, oral histories, Spanish language plays, census and tax records) to build a new picture of rural society and social change. A borderlands and Chicano history, Haas's work provides a richly textured study of events that took place in and around San Juan Capistrano and Santa Ana in present-day Orange County. She provides a vivid sense of how and why the past acquires…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/20/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations and Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Indio and Juaneno, De Razon and Californio



Rural Society, 1840-1880



Village Society, Ethnic Communities, and Memory



Regional Culture



Racial and Ethnic Identities and the Politics of Space


Conclusion


App. 1. A Note on Quantitative Method: The Federal Manuscript Census, 1860-1910


App. 2. Property Value by Group, Santa Ana and San Juan, 1860 and 1870


App. 3. Household Composition by Group, Santa Ana and San Juan, 1860-1880


App. 4. Employment by Select Occupation and Group, Orange County, 1900-1910


App. 5. Indices of Barrio Formation in Santa Ana: Logan, Artesia, and Delhi Barnos, 1916-1947


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index