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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramos, Raúl A.

Contributor:

William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, associated with work.

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.

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

San Antonio (Tex.).

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

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, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Forging Identity in the Borderlands: Situating San Antonio de Béxar; PROLOGUE: Life in a Norteño Town; PART I. TREE WORLDS IN 1821; 1. Making Mexico: Insurgency and Social Order in Béxar; 2. Indigenous Identities: Locating "lo Indio" in the Tejano World; 3. American Immigrants: Colonization and Tejano Identity; PART II. BECOMING TEJANO; 4. Disrupting the Balance: Colonization Troubles, 1828-1834; 5. La Pérdida de Tejas: Tejanos and the War of Texas Secession, 1834-1837; 6. Tejanos as a Suspect Class: The End of Secession, 1837-1848

7. Voting and Violence: Tejanos and Ethnic Politics, 1848-1861CONCLUSION: Challenging Identities: Transnational Becomes Local; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

979-88-9313-275-5

979-88-908818-3-0

1-4696-0465-5

0-8078-8893-1

OCLC:

647832660