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This Is A Study Of Tejano Ranchers And Settlers In The Lower Rio Grande Valley From Their Colonial Roots To 1900. The First Book To Delineate And Assess The Complexity Of Mexican-anglo Interaction In South Texas, It Also Shows How Tejanos Continued To Play A Leading Role In The Commercialization Of Ranching After 1848 And How They Maintained A Sense Of Community. Despite Shifts In Jurisdiction, The Tradition Of Tejano Landholding Acted As A Stabilizing Element And Formed An Important Part Of Tejano History And Identity. The Earliest Settlers Arrived In The 1730s And Established Numerous Ranchos And Six Towns Along The River. Through A Careful Study Of Land And Tax Records, Brands And Bills Of Sale Of Livestock, Wills, Population And Agricultural Censuses, And Oral Histories, Alonzo Shows How Tejanos Adapted To Change And Maintained Control Of Their Ranchos Through The 1880s, When Anglo Encroachment And Varying Social And Economic Conditions Eroded The Bulk Of The Community's Land Base. Note On Burmese Words Ch. 1. The Myth Of A Sinhalese Invasion Of Pagan In 1165 A.d. Ch. 2. The King Who Fled The Chinese And Disapramok's Mission To China: Two Myths In The History Of Pagan Ch. 3. Th

Author

Armando C. Alonzo

Publisher

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826328502

Subjects

History, Humanities