Mexican Americans in Texas: A Brief HistoryThis third edition of our 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 new biographical vignettes that now introduce and set the context for each chapter, this third edition of our well-loved text is certain to be even more engaging and relevant to readers of all levels. And while the book targets a wide reading audience, it is ideally fit for classroom use. Professors teaching courses in Texas, western, and borderlands history will find it an ideal complement to their class lectures and other outside reading assignments. Of particular interest to students will be discussions describing the survival techniques Tejanos developed to withstand poverty and disadvantage, the process of assimilation over many generations, the changes engendered by the Chicano Movement of the 1960s, the role of political figures such as José Antonio Navarro, J. T. Canales, Alonso Perales, Héctor P. García, or Irma Rangel, or the impact of court cases like which Hernández v. Texas or Plyler v. Doe that changed the direction of Mexican American history. |
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... percent lived in Central Texas ; and the remaining 18 percent were situated in a section of the state west of the Hill Country , including El Paso.11 But by the last decades of the nineteenth century , Mexicans were advancing in ...
... percent and 49 percent respectively of the Tejano community reported their status as being of foreign birth . In 1900 , 43 percent of the total Texas - Mexican population of 164,974 reported to have been born in Mexico , but combined ...
... percent of Texas Mexicans resided in urban areas in 1940 , 78 percent of Texas Mexicans did so by the 1950s , and the pattern accelerated there- after . By 1960 , some 30,000 Mexican Americans lived in Dallas , 75,000 in Houston , and ...