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 |
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Transition Period: the Fight for Freedom, 1810 - 1836
Title | Transition Period: the Fight for Freedom, 1810 - 1836 PDF eBook |
Author | Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 1976 |
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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 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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Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The church in Texas since independence, 1836-1950. Supplement, 1936-1950
Title | Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1936: The church in Texas since independence, 1836-1950. Supplement, 1936-1950 PDF eBook |
Author | Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 618 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Christianity and politics |
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De León, a Tejano Family History
Title | De León, a Tejano Family History PDF eBook |
Author | Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0292782713 |
Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, 2004 San Antonio Conservation Society Citation, 2005 La familia de León was one of the foundation stones on which Texas was built. Martín de León and his wife Patricia de la Garza left a comfortable life in Mexico for the hardships and uncertainties of the Texas frontier in 1801. Together, they established family ranches in South Texas and, in 1824, the town of Victoria and the de León colony on the Guadalupe River (along with Stephen F. Austin's colony, the only completely successful colonization effort in Texas). They and their descendents survived and prospered under four governments, as the society in which they lived evolved from autocratic to republican and the economy from which they drew their livelihood changed from one of mercantile control to one characterized by capitalistic investments. Combining the storytelling flair of a novelist with a scholar's concern for the facts, Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm here recounts the history of three generations of the de León family. She follows Martín and Patricia from their beginnings in Mexico through the establishment of the family ranches in Texas and the founding of the de León colony and the town of Victoria. Then she details how, after Martín's death in 1834, Patricia and her children endured the Texas Revolution, exile in New Orleans and Mexico, expropriation of their lands, and, after returning to Texas, years of legal battles to regain their property. Representative of the experiences of many Tejanos whose stories have yet to be written, the history of the de León family is the story of the Tejano settlers of Texas.
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 | 1477324399 |
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.