Beyond the Alamo
Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, Ethnic Studies, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Raúl A. Ramos | ISBN: | 9780807888933 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press | Publication: | November 30, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Raúl A. Ramos |
| ISBN: | 9780807888933 |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication: | November 30, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Language: | English |
Introducing a new model for the transnational history of the United States, Raul 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 Bexarenos, indigenous groups, and Anglo-Americans, as they negotiated the contingencies and pressures on the frontier of competing empires.
Introducing a new model for the transnational history of the United States, Raul 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 Bexarenos, indigenous groups, and Anglo-Americans, as they negotiated the contingencies and pressures on the frontier of competing empires.
