Beyond the Alamo : forging Mexican ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861 / Raúl A. Ramos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramos, Raúl A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Texas--San Antonio--Ethnic identity.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Texas--San Antonio--History--19th century.

Mexican Americans--Cultural assimilation--Texas--San Antonio.

Mexican Americans--Cultural assimilation.

History.

Ethnicity.

San Antonio (Tex.)--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

San Antonio (Tex.).

San Antonio (Tex.)--History--19th century.

Texas--San Antonio.

Physical Description:

xiii, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2008]

Contents:

Introduction: Forging Identity in the Borderlands: Situating San Antonio de Bexar 1

Prologue: Life in a Norteno Town 15

Part I Three Worlds In 1821

1 Making Mexico: Insurgency and Social Order in Bexar 27

2 Indigenous Identities: Locating "lo Indio" in the Tejano World 53

3 American Immigrants: Colonization and Tejano Identity 81

Part II Becoming Tejano

4 Disrupting the Balance: Colonization Troubles, 1828-1834 111

5 La Perdida de Tejas: Tejanos and the War of Texas Secession, 1834-1837 133

6 Tejanos as a Suspect Class: The End of Secession, 1837-1848 167

7 Voting and Violence: Tejanos and Ethnic Politics, 1848-1861 205

Conclusion: Challenging Identities: Transnational Becomes Local 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-279) and index.

ISBN:

9780807832073

0807832073

OCLC:

180907705

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