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9780826335104: Foreigners in Their Native Land: Historical Roots of the Mexican Americans
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ISBN 10: 0826335101 ISBN 13: 9780826335104
Editorial: University of New Mexico Press, 2004

Sinopsis

Most writing about Mexican Americans deals only with the twentieth century. This book provides the much-needed historical perspective that is essential for a full understanding of the present. Dozens of selections from firsthand accounts, introduced by David J Weber's essays, capture the essence of the Mexican-American experience in the Southwest from the time the first pioneers came north from Mexico. PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: The first edition was selected as a Choice 'Outstanding Academic Book of the Year' and received the following accolades: ""An excellent job of illuminating the early historical experience of Mexicans living in the United States..."" - Western Historical Quarterly. ""Weber...has done more than compile a first-rate anthology...he has done much to put the selected accounts into a meaningful historical framework. This coupled with excellent documentary choices and extensive notes makes it the single best volume for understanding the Mexican American experience in the nineteenth-century Southwest..."" - Choice.

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Acerca del autor

David J Weber is director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. His prize-winning books include: The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846: The American Southwest under Mexico and Myth and the History of the Hispanic Southwest, both from UNM Press. Arnoldo de Leon is the C J 'Red' Davidson Professor of History, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, and author of Racial Frontiers: Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in Western America, 1848-1890, also from UNM Press.

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Dozens of selections from firsthand accounts, introduced by David J. Weber's essays, capture the essence of the Mexican American experience in the Southwest from the time the first pioneers came north from Mexico.

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Editorial
University of New Mexico Press
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0826335101
ISBN 13 
9780826335104
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
292
Editor
Weber David J.
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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