Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986 - Paperback

by David Montejano (Author)

Winner, Frederick Jackson Turner Award, Organization Of American Historians, 1988
American Historical Association, Pacific Branch Book Award, 1989
Texas Institute of Letters Friends Of The Dallas Public Library Award, 1987
Texas Historical Commission T. R. Fehrenbach Award, Best Ethnic, Minority, And Women's History Publication, 1987

A major work on the history of Mexicans in Texas and the relations between Mexicans and Anglos.

Back Jacket

This book presents a different kind of history, an interpretive, history that would outline the connections between the past and the present while maintaining a focus on Mexican-Anglo relations.

Author Biography

David Montejano, a native San Antonian, is Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. His fields of specialization include community studies, historical and political sociology, and race and ethnic relations. He is the author of the award-winning Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986 and the editor of Chicano Politics and Society in the Late Twentieth Century.