Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The mission era: the passing of the missions, 1762-1782
Title | Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The mission era: the passing of the missions, 1762-1782 PDF eBook |
Author | Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Christianity and politics |
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The Mission Era: the Passing of the Missions, 1762-1782
Title | The Mission Era: the Passing of the Missions, 1762-1782 PDF eBook |
Author | Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 409 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | |
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Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The mission era: the end of the Spanish regime, 1780-1810
Title | Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The mission era: the end of the Spanish regime, 1780-1810 PDF eBook |
Author | Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 564 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Christianity and politics |
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Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The mission era: the missions at work, 1731-1761
Title | Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The mission era: the missions at work, 1731-1761 PDF eBook |
Author | Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Christianity and politics |
ISBN |
Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The mission era: the winning of Texas, 1693-1731
Title | Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The mission era: the winning of Texas, 1693-1731 PDF eBook |
Author | Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Christianity and politics |
ISBN |
Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: Transition period: the fight for freedom, 1810-1836
Title | Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: Transition period: the fight for freedom, 1810-1836 PDF eBook |
Author | Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Christianity and politics |
ISBN |
The Mexican American Experience in Texas
Title | The Mexican American Experience in Texas PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Menchaca |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2022-01-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1477324372 |
A historical overview of Mexican Americans' social and economic experiences in Texas For hundreds of years, Mexican Americans in Texas have fought against political oppression and exclusion—in courtrooms, in schools, at the ballot box, and beyond. Through a detailed exploration of this long battle for equality, this book illuminates critical moments of both struggle and triumph in the Mexican American experience. Martha Menchaca begins with the Spanish settlement of Texas, exploring how Mexican Americans’ racial heritage limited their incorporation into society after the territory’s annexation. She then illustrates their political struggles in the nineteenth century as they tried to assert their legal rights of citizenship and retain possession of their land, and goes on to explore their fight, in the twentieth century, against educational segregation, jury exclusion, and housing covenants. It was only in 1967, she shows, that the collective pressure placed on the state government by Mexican American and African American activists led to the beginning of desegregation. Menchaca concludes with a look at the crucial roles that Mexican Americans have played in national politics, education, philanthropy, and culture, while acknowledging the important work remaining to be done in the struggle for equality.