Beyond the Alamo
Download or Read eBook Beyond the Alamo PDF written by Raúl A. Ramos and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Raúl A. Ramos |
Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2009-11-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780807888933 |
ISBN-13 | : 0807888931 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Beyond the Alamo by : Raúl A. Ramos
Book excerpt: 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.