Foreigners in Their Native Land: Historical Roots of the Mexican Americans - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826335101 ISBN 13: 9780826335104

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2004

Synopsis

Most writing about Mexican Americans deals only with the twentieth century. This book provides the much-needed historical perspective that is essential for a full understanding of the present. Dozens of selections from firsthand accounts, introduced by David J Weber's essays, capture the essence of the Mexican-American experience in the Southwest from the time the first pioneers came north from Mexico. PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: The first edition was selected as a Choice 'Outstanding Academic Book of the Year' and received the following accolades: ""An excellent job of illuminating the early historical experience of Mexicans living in the United States..."" - Western Historical Quarterly. ""Weber...has done more than compile a first-rate anthology...he has done much to put the selected accounts into a meaningful historical framework. This coupled with excellent documentary choices and extensive notes makes it the single best volume for understanding the Mexican American experience in the nineteenth-century Southwest..."" - Choice.

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Review:

"Weber ... has done more than compile a first rate anthology ... he has done much to put the selected accounts into a meaningful historical framework. This coupled with excellent documentary choices and extensive notes makes it the single best volume for understanding the Mexican American experience in the nineteenth century Southwest."

"This anthology, first published in 1973, is still an incomparable collection of primary sources of Mexican-American history."

"As the Mexican population in Texas grows from minority to majority status, it is important to understand their history in the Southwest. . . all libraries in Texas should have this important work on their shelves."

About the Author:

David J Weber is director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. His prize-winning books include: The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846: The American Southwest under Mexico and Myth and the History of the Hispanic Southwest, both from UNM Press. Arnoldo de Leon is the C J 'Red' Davidson Professor of History, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, and author of Racial Frontiers: Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in Western America, 1848-1890, also from UNM Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0826335101
• ISBN 13: 9780826335104
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• Editor: Weber David J.