Mexican Americans in Texas: A Brief HistoryLike its ground-breaking predecessor, the first general survey of Tejanos, this completely up-to-date revision is a concise political, cultural, and social history of Mexican Americans in Texas from the Spanish colonial era to the present. Professor De Len is careful to portray Tejanos as active subjects, not merely objects in the ongoing Texas story. Complemented by a stunning photographic essay, a helpful glossary, and meticulously annotated, this work continues to be ideal reading for anyone wanting to learn about the most influential ethnic group in Texas. |
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... Cortina War , " led by Juan N. Cortina , a scion of the old Tejano land grantees and a well - known leader in Brownsville . Cortina resented the ways in which the newly arrived Anglos misused the judicial structure to divest Texas ...
... Cortina War , " led by Juan N. Cortina , a scion of the old Tejano land grantees and a well - known leader in Brownsville . Cortina resented the ways in which the newly arrived Anglos misused the judicial structure to divest Texas ...
Page 49
... Cortina , who force- fully resisted the Anglo - American presence on the border . During the Cortina War , he professed to be championing Tejano rights and in his statements issued from Rancho del Carmen inveighed against the Anglos ...
... Cortina , who force- fully resisted the Anglo - American presence on the border . During the Cortina War , he professed to be championing Tejano rights and in his statements issued from Rancho del Carmen inveighed against the Anglos ...
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... Cortina , among them Juan N. Cortina Presents His Motion for a New Trial ( San Anto- nio : Artes Gráficas , 1951 ) .47 Alonso Perales , the LULAC activist , pub- lished El méxico americano y la politica de sur de Tejas ( San Antonio ...
... Cortina , among them Juan N. Cortina Presents His Motion for a New Trial ( San Anto- nio : Artes Gráficas , 1951 ) .47 Alonso Perales , the LULAC activist , pub- lished El méxico americano y la politica de sur de Tejas ( San Antonio ...
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