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List of contents
Note: Each chapter concludes with Further Reading.
1. Interpreting the Chicano Past
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Gilbert G. González and Raúl Fernández, Alternative Approaches to Chicano History
Alex M. Saragoza, Recent Approaches to Chicano History
David G. Gutiérrez, Chicano/a Historians and the Revision of Western History
2. The Precolonial Period
DOCUMENTS
A Franciscan Friar Describes the Land and People of New Mexico, 1541
Spain Asserts Control over the Indians of Nueva Galicia, Mexico, 1570
The Pueblo Indian's Call for War, 1680
Teodoro de Croix Reports on Pacifying the Indians in California, 1781
Colonel Don Antonio Cordero Describes the Apaches, 1796
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Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez, Cultural Roots of Ancient Southwest Indians
Carroll L. Riley, The Indians of the Southwest in 1492
Antonia I. Castañeda, Sexual Violence and the Politics of Conquest in Alta California
3. Early Mexicano Communities on the Northern Frontier, the Spanish Colonial Period to 1821
DOCUMENTS
Bishop Tamarón Visits New Mexico, 1760
Captain Pierre Marie Françoois de Pagès Reports on Early Settlements in Texas, 1767
Survivor María Ana Montielo Recounts the Uprising at Yuma, Arizona, 1781
Jean François La Pérouse Describes the Mission Indians of Carmel, California, 1786
Justice of the Peace Cornelio Vigil Restores a Land Grant to New Mexican Citizens, 1842
ESSAYS
Antonia I. Castañeda, Gender, Race, and Culture in the History of the California Frontier
Gerald E. Poyo and Gilbert M. Hinojosa, Spanish Texas and Borderlands Historiography
4. Early Mexicano Life and Society in the Southwest, 1821-1846
DOCUMENTS
Eulalia Pérez Recalls Early California, 1823
Captain Frederick W. Beechy Describes the California Missions, 1826
General Manuel Mier y Terán Reports on the Texas-Coahuila Territory, 1828-1829
Eulalia Yorba Gives an Eyewitness Account of the Siege of the Alamo, 1836
Olibama López Recalls Pioneer Life in Colorado's San Luis Valley in the Early Nineteenth Century
Joshua Gregg Paints a Picture of La Tules
Ralph Emerson Twitchell Offers an Opinion of La Tules
ESSAYS
David J. Weber, Mythmaking and the Texas Revolution
Holly Beachley Brear, Creating the Myth of the Alamo
Deena J. González, La Tules of Image and Reality
5. Mexican Americans After the Mexican War, 1848-1860
DOCUMENTS
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Establishes Borders, 1848
Secretary of State James Buchanan Reacts to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848
John Rollin Ridge Reflects on the Life of Joaquín Murieta, 1850
A California Newspaper Condemns Violence Against Mexicans, 1856
William W.H. Davis Comments on the Customs of the Spanish-speaking New Mexicans, 1857
John Hittel Reviews Mexican Land Claims in California, 1857
Juan Cortina Calls Texas Mexicans to Armed Resistance, 1859
ESSAYS
Leonard Pitt, The Origins of Nativism in California
Antonia I. Castañeda, Anglo American Stereotypes of Californianas
Arnoldo De León, Life for Mexicans in Texas After the 1836 Revolution
6. Conflict and Community Among Mexican Americans in the Southwest, Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
DOCUMENTS
Mexico's Investigative Commission Reports on Violence and Theft Along the Texas-Mexico Border, 1873
Miguel Antonio Otero Remembers New Mexico, 1880
Las Gorras Blancas Announce Their Platform, 1890
The Californio "First Families" Are Recalled, 1891
Gregorio Cortez Is Immortalized in Song, 1901
ESSAYS
Deena J. González, The Unmarried Women of Santa Fe, 1850-1880
Sara Deutsch, Chicano/a Frontier and Regional Communities in the Southwest
7. Struggle and Strife: Social Conditions of Mexican Americans, 1910-1917
DOCUMENTS
Victor S. Clark Comments on Changes in Mexican Immigration to the United States, 1908
The Reverend Pedro Grado Addresses El Congreso Mexicanista, 1911
Flores de Andrade Recalls Her Revolutionary Activity as an Immigrant in El Paso, Texas, 1911
Samuel Bryan Analyses Increases in Mexican Immigration, 1912
"Los sediciosos" (The Seditionists) Commemorates Mexican American Resistance in South Texas, 1915
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