Crossing the Rio Grande [[electronic resource] ] : an immigrant's life in the 1880s / / Luis G. Gómez ; translated and with commentary by Guadalupe Valdez Jr. ; introduction by Thomas H. Kreneck ; edited by Guadalupe Valdez, Jr. and Thomas H. Kreneck |
Autore | Gómez Luis G |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (119 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/0616872073
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ValdezGuadalupe, Jr.
KreneckThomas H |
Collana | Gulf Coast studies |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - Texas, South
Immigrants - Texas, South |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-60344-532-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Memories of My Grandfather, Luis G. Gomez""; ""Prologue""; ""Contents""; ""My Pilgrimage in Texas""; ""My Arrival in Houston""; ""The Negro Brakeman!""; ""An Opiparo Breakfast""; ""The Company Tamez-Gomez, Contractors Signs Very Lucrative New Contracts""; ""The Phantom!""; ""Where We Will Hear the True Story of That Mysterious Petite Woman""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460035503321 |
Gómez Luis G | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crossing the Rio Grande [[electronic resource] ] : an immigrant's life in the 1880s / / Luis G. Gómez ; translated and with commentary by Guadalupe Valdez Jr. ; introduction by Thomas H. Kreneck ; edited by Guadalupe Valdez, Jr. and Thomas H. Kreneck |
Autore | Gómez Luis G |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (119 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/0616872073
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ValdezGuadalupe, Jr.
KreneckThomas H |
Collana | Gulf Coast studies |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - Texas, South
Immigrants - Texas, South |
ISBN | 1-60344-532-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Memories of My Grandfather, Luis G. Gomez""; ""Prologue""; ""Contents""; ""My Pilgrimage in Texas""; ""My Arrival in Houston""; ""The Negro Brakeman!""; ""An Opiparo Breakfast""; ""The Company Tamez-Gomez, Contractors Signs Very Lucrative New Contracts""; ""The Phantom!""; ""Where We Will Hear the True Story of That Mysterious Petite Woman""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789622403321 |
Gómez Luis G | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Crossing the Rio Grande [[electronic resource] ] : an immigrant's life in the 1880s / / Luis G. Gómez ; translated and with commentary by Guadalupe Valdez Jr. ; introduction by Thomas H. Kreneck ; edited by Guadalupe Valdez, Jr. and Thomas H. Kreneck |
Autore | Gómez Luis G |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (119 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/0616872073
B |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ValdezGuadalupe, Jr.
KreneckThomas H |
Collana | Gulf Coast studies |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans - Texas, South
Immigrants - Texas, South |
ISBN | 1-60344-532-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Memories of My Grandfather, Luis G. Gomez""; ""Prologue""; ""Contents""; ""My Pilgrimage in Texas""; ""My Arrival in Houston""; ""The Negro Brakeman!""; ""An Opiparo Breakfast""; ""The Company Tamez-Gomez, Contractors Signs Very Lucrative New Contracts""; ""The Phantom!""; ""Where We Will Hear the True Story of That Mysterious Petite Woman""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825251403321 |
Gómez Luis G | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From the Republic of the Rio Grande [[electronic resource] ] : a personal history of the place and the people / / Beatriz de la Garza |
Autore | De La Garza Beatriz Eugenia |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 972/.1 |
Collana | Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-292-74407-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Republic of the Rio Grande -- The kingdom of Zapata -- Grandfather's revolution : the horseman -- Grandfather's revolution : the historian -- The prodigal -- "You and I will die of love" -- "Not a stone upon a stone" -- The streets of Laredo -- Voyages in English. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463676903321 |
De La Garza Beatriz Eugenia | ||
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From the Republic of the Rio Grande [[electronic resource] ] : a personal history of the place and the people / / Beatriz de la Garza |
Autore | De La Garza Beatriz Eugenia |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 972/.1 |
Collana | Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) |
ISBN | 0-292-74407-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Republic of the Rio Grande -- The kingdom of Zapata -- Grandfather's revolution : the horseman -- Grandfather's revolution : the historian -- The prodigal -- "You and I will die of love" -- "Not a stone upon a stone" -- The streets of Laredo -- Voyages in English. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788316303321 |
De La Garza Beatriz Eugenia | ||
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From the Republic of the Rio Grande [[electronic resource] ] : a personal history of the place and the people / / Beatriz de la Garza |
Autore | De La Garza Beatriz Eugenia |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 972/.1 |
Collana | Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) |
ISBN | 0-292-74407-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Republic of the Rio Grande -- The kingdom of Zapata -- Grandfather's revolution : the horseman -- Grandfather's revolution : the historian -- The prodigal -- "You and I will die of love" -- "Not a stone upon a stone" -- The streets of Laredo -- Voyages in English. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829096203321 |
De La Garza Beatriz Eugenia | ||
Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Latino sun, rising [[electronic resource] ] : our Spanish-speaking U.S. world / / Marco Portales |
Autore | Portales Marco <1948-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/00468073/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans
Mexican American teachers Mexican Americans - Ethnic identity Mexican Americans - Social conditions Hispanic Americans - Social conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-05311-4
1-60344-456-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458467403321 |
Portales Marco <1948-> | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Latino sun, rising [[electronic resource] ] : our Spanish-speaking U.S. world / / Marco Portales |
Autore | Portales Marco <1948-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/00468073/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans
Mexican American teachers Mexican Americans - Ethnic identity Mexican Americans - Social conditions Hispanic Americans - Social conditions |
ISBN |
1-299-05311-4
1-60344-456-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791683303321 |
Portales Marco <1948-> | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Latino sun, rising : our Spanish-speaking U.S. world / / Marco Portales |
Autore | Portales Marco <1948-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/00468073/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Mexican Americans
Mexican American teachers Mexican Americans - Ethnic identity Mexican Americans - Social conditions Hispanic Americans - Social conditions |
ISBN |
1-299-05311-4
1-60344-456-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Sol Naciente: Youth -- Urban Renewal on the Hometown Block in Edinburg -- South Padre, Isla del Padre Ballí -- Largest Texas Shrine -- The Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi -- Solo -- Sol Ardiente: Parenthood -- Voices, Desires Being Wishful -- Education -- Puerto Rico or Houston -- Apples after School, and the Alamo -- Harvard Visit -- Fishing at the Point in Seabrook -- An Aztec Reverie -- Mi Tierra in San Antonio -- Indian Trails and the Texas A&M/UT Presidential Corridor -- Among Mullets, One Galveston Summer -- Disney World Florida Trip -- The Rain-Blessed Mountains of Costa Rica -- Projecting Consciousness in Maximum Security -- Evoking Rimsky-Korsakov on the Eve of a Move -- Leaving the NASA Johnson Space Center Neighbors -- Rio Grande Valley Meditation -- Showdown across the Border in Reynosa -- Sol Radiante: Public Policy Issues -- On Seeing Giant, after Avoiding the Film Many Years -- Words for Better Lives -- Reinventing Ourselves -- Race Should Not Matter -- Affirmative Action -- Diversity Is Natural -- On the Theory of Bilingual Education -- Latin America and the United States and Mexico -- Heat, Undocumented Workers, and the Border Patrol -- Luis Alfonso Torres, the Mexican Rodney King -- NAFTA and the Maquiladora Babies -- A Realization and a Memory in Southmost Texas -- Latino Voting and Election Promises -- Batos Locos -- El Día de los Muertos in the United States -- Regarding a Mexican Imerican Holiday -- War in Iraq -- Thanksgiving Idyll -- The Idea of a Mexican American/Latino Exhibit -- A New Language -- Year-End Thoughts -- What Latinos Want. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817793203321 |
Portales Marco <1948-> | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Petra's legacy [[electronic resource] ] : the South Texas ranching empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy / / Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick |
Autore | Monday Jane Clements <1941-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
Disciplina |
976.4/405092
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | VickFrances Brannen <1935-> |
Collana | Perspectives on south Texas |
Soggetto topico |
Women ranchers - Rio Grande Valley
Ranchers - Rio Grande Valley Ranch life - Rio Grande Valley - History - 19th century Married people - Rio Grande Valley |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-05347-5
1-60344-460-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1823-54 : "into her world" : Petra's story -- 1823-54 : "into her world" : Mifflin's story -- 1855-60 : forging a life in Brownsville -- 1860-62 : war clouds gather -- 1863 : war closes on Rio Grande Valley -- 1864-65 : chaos along the Rio Grande -- 1866 : home again -- 1867-68 : "woe to Brownsville! woe to Matamoros!" -- 1869-71 : "quien viene" -- 1872-74 : one foot in Brownsville, one in the Wild Horse Desert -- 1873 : politics, bandits, and hard economic times -- 1874 : railroads and cattle drives -- 1875 : Leander McNelly and the Texas Rangers -- 1876 : the apple of his father's eye -- 1877-78 : "a fiend in human form" -- 1879-80 : last days at Laureles : Laurel Leaf Ranch -- 1881 : to the body of Christ : Corpus Christi -- 1882 : la parra : the Grapevine Ranch -- 1883 : they were always there for one another -- 1884 : farewell to Santiago -- 1885 : goodbye to Petrita. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458483703321 |
Monday Jane Clements <1941-> | ||
College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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