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

Ramos, Raśl A.

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9780807871249: Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861
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ISBN 10: 0807871249 ISBN 13: 9780807871249
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010

Synopsis

Introducing a new model for the transnational history of the United States, Raśl Ramos places Mexican Americans at the center of the Texas creation story. He focuses on Mexican-Texan, or Tejano, society in a period of political transition beginning with the year of Mexican independence. Ramos explores the factors that helped shape the ethnic identity of the Tejano population, including cross-cultural contacts between Bexareńos, indigenous groups, and Anglo-Americans, as they negotiated the contingencies and pressures on the frontier of competing empires.

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About the Author

Raul A. Ramos is assistant professor of history at the University of Houston.

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Introducing a new model for the transnational history of the United States, Ramos places Mexican Americans at the center of the Texas creation story. He focuses on Mexican-Texan, or Tejano, society in a period of political transition beginning with the year of Mexican independence. Ramos explores the factors that helped shape the ethnic identity of the Tejano population, including cross-cultural contacts between Bexareńos, indigenous groups, and Anglo-Americans, as they negotiated the contingencies and pressures on the frontier of competing empires.

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Introducing a new model for the transnational history of the United States, Ramos places Mexican Americans at the center of the Texas creation story. He focuses on Mexican-Texan, or Tejano, society in a period of political transition beginning with the year of Mexican independence. Ramos explores the factors that helped shape the ethnic identity of the Tejano population, including cross-cultural contacts between Bexareńos, indigenous groups, and Anglo-Americans, as they negotiated the contingencies and pressures on the frontier of competing empires.

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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807871249
ISBN 13 
9780807871249
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
320
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