| Tejano Legacy: Rancheros and Settlers in South Texas, 1734-1900 Contributor(s): Alonzo, Armando C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826318975 ISBN-13: 9780826318978 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: This is a pathbreaking study of Tejano ranchers and settlers in the Lower R???o Grande Valley from their colonial roots to 1900. The first book to delineate and assess the complexity of Mexican-Anglo interaction in south Texas, it also shows how Tejanos continued to play a leading role in the commercialization of ranching after 1848 and how they maintained a sense of community. Despite shifts in jurisdiction, the tradition of Tejano land holding acted as a stabilizing element and formed an important part of Tejano history and identity. The earliest settlers arrived in the 1730s and established numerous ranchos and six towns along the river. Through a careful study of land and tax records, brands and bills of sale of livestock, wills, population and agricultural censuses, and oral histories, Alonzo shows how Tejanos adapted to change and maintained control of their "ranchos" through the 1880s, when Anglo encroachment and changing social and economic conditions eroded most of the community's land base. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - History | North American |
| Dewey: 976.44 |
| LCCN: 97034454 |
| Lexile Measure: 1610 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.12" W x 9.04" (1.17 lbs) 369 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - Mexican - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a pathbreaking study of Tejano ranchers and settlers in the Lower R o Grande Valley from their colonial roots to 1900. The first book to delineate and assess the complexity of Mexican-Anglo interaction in south Texas, it also shows how Tejanos continued to play a leading role in the commercialization of ranching after 1848 and how they maintained a sense of community. Despite shifts in jurisdiction, the tradition of Tejano land holding acted as a stabilizing element and formed an important part of Tejano history and identity. The earliest settlers arrived in the 1730s and established numerous ranchos and six towns along the river. Through a careful study of land and tax records, brands and bills of sale of livestock, wills, population and agricultural censuses, and oral histories, Alonzo shows how Tejanos adapted to change and maintained control of their ranchos through the 1880s, when Anglo encroachment and changing social and economic conditions eroded most of the community's land base. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alonzo, Armando C.: - Professor Armando Alonzo is a borderlands scholar in the History department at Texas A&M University. |