03644nam 2200697 450 991045545410332120200520144314.00-8263-2850-40-585-35415-4(CKB)111004368710540(EBL)1353551(SSID)ssj0000256709(PQKBManifestationID)11240264(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256709(PQKBWorkID)10225866(PQKB)11227287(MiAaPQ)EBC1353551(OCoLC)857800368(MdBmJHUP)muse31575(Au-PeEL)EBL1353551(CaPaEBR)ebr10762970(CaONFJC)MIL514721(EXLCZ)9911100436871054019970805h19981998 ub| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTejano legacy rancheros and settlers in south Texas, 1734-1900 /Armando C. AlonzoFirst edition.Albuquerque :University of New Mexico Press,[1998]©19981 online resource (370 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-299-83470-1 0-8263-1897-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-345) and index.Cover; CONTENTS; MAPS; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Spaniards, Indians, and the Inhospitable Seno Mexicano; 2. Hacia la Frontera: The Origins of Spanish and Mexican Society in Present-Day South Texas, 1730s-1848; 3. Early Economic Life in the Lower Río Grande Frontier, 1730s-1848; 4. The Making of a Tejano Homeland in South Texas, 1848-1900 Population Growth, Adaptation, and Conflict; 5. Losing Ground: Anglo Challenges to Mexican Landholders and Land Grant Adjudication in South Texas, 1846-1900; 6. A Case Study of Tejano Land Tenure in Hidalgo County, Texas, 1848-19007. Recovery and Expansion of Tejano Ranching in South Texas, 1845-1885 The Good Years8. The Decline of Tejano Ranching: Its Social and Economic Bases, 1885-1900; 9. Tejano Rancheros and Hispanic Landholding in the Southwest, 1848-1900; EPILOGUE; Appendix 1. Definition of Terms; Appendix 2. A Note on Sources; Appendix 3. Livestock Transactions Recorded in Hidalgo County, 1874-1899; Appendix 4. Livestock Transactions in Webb County, Texas, 1876-1890; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y ""Alonzo makes judicious use of census records, tax rolls, and probate records to trace the evolution of Hispanic families who formed this community for more than five generations. . . . He forcefully dispels the myth that the area of Texas between San Antonio and the Rio Grande was a 'no man's land' prior to Anglo-American settlement.""-Choice Frontier and pioneer lifeTexasLower Rio Grande ValleyRanchersTexasLower Rio Grande ValleyHistoryMexicansTexasLower Rio Grande ValleyHistoryLand tenureTexasLower Rio Grande ValleyHistoryLower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)HistoryLower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)Ethnic relationsElectronic books.Frontier and pioneer lifeRanchersHistory.MexicansHistory.Land tenureHistory.976.4/4Alonzo Armando C956829MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455454103321Tejano legacy2167165UNINA