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River of hope : forging identity and nation in the Rio Grande borderlands / Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Valerio-Jiménez, Omar S. (Omar Santiago), 1963-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Group identity--Texas--Lower Rio Grande Valley.
- Group identity.
- Group identity--Mexican-American Border Region.
- Citizenship--Political aspects--United States.
- Citizenship.
- Citizenship--Political aspects--Mexico.
- Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)--History.
- Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.).
- Mexican-American Border Region--History.
- Mexican-American Border Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012
- Durham ; London : Duke University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- Contents:
- Constructing Vecinos, constructing Indios
- Fragmented Vecino communities
- Opposing forces
- Bandidos or citizens?
- Divorcees, rancheros, and peons
- Contested citizenship along the Rio Grande.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822395058
- 0822395053
- 9781283948371
- 1283948370
- OCLC:
- 824530464
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