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The Squater and the Don - Recovering the U. S. Hispanic Literary Heritage
Ruiz De Burton, Maria Amparo; Sanchez, Rossaura; Pita, Beatrice - Editor and Introduction
Language: English
Published by Arte Publico Press - University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1997
- Softcover
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 388 Pages. This is a used book in Fine condition. The back cover bottom has a very small cover crease. The Squatter and the Don, originally published in San Francisco in 1885, is the first fictional narrative written and published in English from the perspective of the conqu…ered Mexican population that, despite being granted the full rights of citizenship under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848, was, by 1860, a subordinate and marginalized national minority. Marfa Amparo Ruiz de Burton witnessed the disintegration of the old order, shifts in power relations and the rapid capitalist development of the California territory, all of which led to the disruption of everyday life for the Californios. In The Squatter and the Don, a historical romance, Ruiz de Burton laments land loss and calls for justice and a redress of grievances. At a moment when the few histories narrated by Californios remained in manuscript form in archives, the very act of writing and publishing this novel was a form of empowerment. The Squatter and the Don is a disquieting and challenging literary creation that succeeds in utilizing the framework of a favorite nineteenth-century American literary genre to question United States expansionism, the rise of corporate monopolies and their power over government policy, all seen from the vantage point of very real characters who suffer individually even while striving to embrace Anglo-American culture and the promises of American democracy. Scholars Rosaura Sanchez and Beatrice Pita provide a well researched historical framework and critical analysis of The Squatter and the Don, along with a short biography of Marfa Amparo Ruiz de Burton. They also offer informative notes to the introduction and the narrative. The Squatter and the Don is the first literary text to be issued by a national project to reconstruct the literary history of Hispanics in the United States: Recovery the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage. Scholars from throughout the country are engaged in a long-term search for all forms of literary expression that have been created by Hispanics from colonial to contemporary times in what has become the United States. The project is centered at the University of Houston and will be making individual literary works and collections available regularly into the future. Pinon, Mark - Cover Design (illustrator).
