The squatter and the don / María Amparo Ruiz de Burton ; edited and introduced by Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, 1832-1895, author.

Contributor:

Sánchez, Rosaura, editor, writer of introduction.

Pita, Beatrice, editor, writer of introduction.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

California--History--1850-1950--Fiction.

California.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Kenton(?), Laura (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

351 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Houston, Texas : Arte Público Press, 1997.

Summary:

" ... The first fictional narrative written and published in English from the perspective of the conquered Mexican population that, despite being granted the full rights of citizenship under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848, was, by 1860, a subordinated and marginalized national minority."--Page 4 of cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-348).

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has autograph ("Laura Kenton[?]") in blue ink at head of title leaf.

Other Format:

Online version: Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo, 1832-1895. Squatter and the don.

ISBN:

1558851852

9781558851856

OCLC:

38137341