Tejano legacy : rancheros and settlers in south Texas, 1734-1900 / Armando C. Alonzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alonzo, Armando C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--Texas--Lower Rio Grande Valley.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Ranchers--Texas--Lower Rio Grande Valley--History.

Ranchers.

Mexicans--Texas--Lower Rio Grande Valley--History.

Mexicans.

Land tenure--Texas--Lower Rio Grande Valley--History.

Land tenure.

Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)--History.

Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.).

Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Alonzo makes judicious use of census records, tax rolls, and probate records to trace the evolution of Hispanic families who formed this community for more than five generations. . . . He forcefully dispels the myth that the area of Texas between San Antonio and the Rio Grande was a 'no man's land' prior to Anglo-American settlement.""-Choice

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; MAPS; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Spaniards, Indians, and the Inhospitable Seno Mexicano; 2. Hacia la Frontera: The Origins of Spanish and Mexican Society in Present-Day South Texas, 1730s-1848; 3. Early Economic Life in the Lower Río Grande Frontier, 1730s-1848; 4. The Making of a Tejano Homeland in South Texas, 1848-1900 Population Growth, Adaptation, and Conflict; 5. Losing Ground: Anglo Challenges to Mexican Landholders and Land Grant Adjudication in South Texas, 1846-1900; 6. A Case Study of Tejano Land Tenure in Hidalgo County, Texas, 1848-1900

7. Recovery and Expansion of Tejano Ranching in South Texas, 1845-1885 The Good Years8. The Decline of Tejano Ranching: Its Social and Economic Bases, 1885-1900; 9. Tejano Rancheros and Hispanic Landholding in the Southwest, 1848-1900; EPILOGUE; Appendix 1. Definition of Terms; Appendix 2. A Note on Sources; Appendix 3. Livestock Transactions Recorded in Hidalgo County, 1874-1899; Appendix 4. Livestock Transactions in Webb County, Texas, 1876-1890; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-345) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826328502

0826328504

9780585354156

0585354154

OCLC:

857800368