Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface.
Preface.


Introduction.


Chapter 1: The United States' Spanish Heritage.


1 Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Exploring New Spain's
Northern Frontier, 1542.


2 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, The Spanish Borderlands,
1540?42.


3 Don Antonio de Otermin, Resistance and Accommodation in New
Mexico, 1680.


4 Captain F. W. Beechey, Missionary Activity in New Spain's
Northern Frontier, 1831.


5 California's Mission System.


Pablo Tac, Life on a California Mission, 1835.


Eulalia Pérez, Duties of a Housekeeper, 1823.


6 Junípero Serra: Saint or Emissary of Empire?


Junípero Serra, The Importance of Laborers in the Missions,
1775.


Junípero Serra, On the Lenient Treatment of Indians,
1775.


7 Pedro Bautista Pino, Description of the Province of New
Mexico, 1812.


Chapter 2: From Spanish to Mexican Rule.


1 James Josiah Webb, The Consequences of Mexican Independence,
1844?7.


2 Miguel Ramos de Arizpe, Anglo-American Settlement in Texas,
1812.


3 José María Sánchez, Mounting Mexican Fears
about the Influx of Anglo-Americans into Texas, 1828.


4 A Member of the Tejano Elite Favors Anglo-American Immigration
into Texas, 1830.


5 Narcisco Dúran, The Secularization of the California
Missions, 1833.


6 Guadalupe Vallejo, A Californio Condemns the Intrusion of
Anglo-Americans into California, 1890.


Chapter 3: From Mexican to Anglo Rule in Texas.


1 General Manuel de Mier y Terán, Mexican Concern


Deepens over the Influx of Anglo-Americans into Texas, 1828.


2 Slavery in Texas: Pro and Con.


Juan Nepomuceno Seguín, Promotion of the Expansion of
Slavery, 1825.


José María Tornel, Denunciation of the Expansion of
Slavery, 1837


3 Stephen F. Austin, Speech to Justify a War for Independence by
Texas, 1836.


4 Juan Nepomuceno Seguín, A Tejano Leader Calls on Mexicans
in Texas to Support the Texas Revolution, 1836.


5 The Battle of the Alamo.


Antonio López de Santa Anna, Perspective on the Battle of
the Alamo, 1837.


Vicente Filisola, Perspective on Santa Anna's Strategy,
1849.


6 Juan Nepomuceno Segun, The Fate of Tejanos, 1858.


7 Comisión Pesquisadora de la Frontera del Norte, A Mexican
Report Describes the Mistreatment of Mexicans and Mexican Americans
in Texas, 1873.


Chapter 4: The Mexican War.


1 Manifest Destiny.


John L. O'Sullivan Promotes His Idea of "Manifest Destiny,"
1845.


José María Tomel y Mendívil Critiques "Manifest
Destiny," 1837.


2 James Knox Polk, The War Commences, 1846.


3 Ramon Alcaraz, A Controversial War, 1850.


4 Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid, Resistance, 1846.


5 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.


Article IX, 1848.


Article X, 1848.


6 Mexico Debates the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.


Manuel Crescencio Rejon Denounces the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, 1848.


Bernardo Couto Defends the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
1848.


Chapter 5: Legacies of Conquest.


1 Hutchings' California Magazine, Land Loss in California,
1857.


2 Antonio María Pico, A Loss of Land and Power, 1859.


3 Hispano Commercial Club of Las Vegas, Land Loss in New Mexico,
1890.


4 New Mexico Statehood.


Harper's Weekly, Reaction to Senate Passage of a Statehood Bill
for New Mexico, 1876.


New Mexico Constitution, 1912.


5 Resistance to Conquest.


Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, A Proclamation to the Inhabitants of
the State of Texas, 1859.


Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Pledges Resistance to Intimidation and
the Seizure of Land, 1859.


6 El Corrido de Juan Cortina, Songs of Resistance and Pride, ca.
Late Nineteenth Century.


7 Tiburcio Vásquez, Resistance in California, 1874.


8 John Rollin Ridge, Legend Making: An Account of
Joaqu?´n Murieta, 1854.


Chapter 6: Visual History.


1 Norman H. Reed, The Mission, Santa Barbara, Cal., ca.
1890.


2 William Redmond Ryan, Een Waterplaats in Neder Californie,
1850.


3 Edward W. Clay, Houston, Santa Anna, and Cos, 1836.


4 Storming of Chapultepec in Mexico, Sept. 13th, 1847, ca.
1848.


5 S. Lee Perkins, Things as They Are, 1849.


6 C.E.H. Bonwill, Cortina, 1864.


7 George Grantham Bain, Mexican Emigrating to U.S., Nuevo
Laredo, Mexico, ca. 1912.


8 Cinco de Mayo, Mogollon, N.M., ca. 1914.


9 Pearl Idelia Ellis, A Cooking Class of Mexican Girls,
1929.


10 Dorothea Lange, Some of the Carrot Pickers in the Coachella
Valley, 1937.


11 Russell Lee, Mexican Women Pecan Shellers at Work, Union
Plant, San Antonio, Texas, 1939.


12 Russell Lee, Interior of Mexican Home, San Antonio, Texas,
1939.


13 New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper, Frank Tellez,
Full-Length Portrait, Standing, Facing Right, Wearing Hat and Zoot
Suit, 1943.


14 Paul Davis and Richard Hess, Viva Chávez, Viva la Causa,
Viva la Huelga, 1968.


Chapter 7: Aguantar: Enduring and Challenging Fate with
Bravery and Style.


1 Archbishop Lamy, Roman Catholic Church, 1866.


2 Las Vegas Daily Optic, The White Caps Spell Out Their
Position, 1890.


3 Plan de San Diego, 1915.


4 LULAC, Community Institutions, 1929.


5 Governor C.C. Young's Fact-Finding Committee, Labor Activism,
1930.


6 Frank C. McDonald, Conflict between Farm Workers and Growers
in California, 1940.


Chapter 8: North from Mexico.


1 Samuel Bryan, Mexican Americans and Southwestern Growth,
1912.


2 John Box, Immigration Restriction, 1928.


3 Ernesto Galarza, A Defense of Immigration from Mexico,
1929.


4 Merton E. Hill, Americanization, 1931.


5 Mistreatment of Mexican Immigrants.


Antonio Gomez, Mexican Consulate, 1920.


Six Unknown Mexicans, Mexican Consulate, 1920.


6 Enrique Santibonez, Mistreatment of Mexican Immigrants by the
Border Patrol, 1930.


7 Mexican Consulate, Repatriados, 1932.


8 Carey McWilliams, A Denunciation of the Repatriation Program,
1933.


9 President's Commission on Migratory Labor, the Bracero Program
and Undocumented Workers, 1951.


10 A Migratory Farm Worker Testifies Before Congress, 1951.


11 George Stith, Operation Wetback, 1952.


12 Juanita Garcia, The Plight of Migrant Farm Workers, 1952.


Chapter 9: La Causa.


1 Delgado v. Bastrop, LULAC and the American GI Forum Challenge
School Segregation, 1948.


2 Citizens' Committee for the Defense of Mexican-American Youth,
The Sleepy Lagoon Case, 1942.


3 Governor's Citizen's Committee Report on Los Angeles Riots,
The Zoot Suit Riots, 1943.


4 Carlos E. Castañeda, Discrimination against Mexican
Americans in War Industries, 1945.


5 The Méndez Case: Brown v. Board of Education for Mexican
Americans, 1946.


6 The Felix Longoria Case: A Symbol of Discrimination, 1948.


7 American GI Forum of Texas and the Texas State Federation of
Labor, Recommendations on the Bracero Program, 1953.


8 Hernandez v. Texas, The Supreme Court Overturns the Exclusion
of Mexican Americans from Juries, 1954.


Chapter 10: Chicanismo.


1 César Chávez, US Senate Testimony on Farm Workers'
Unions, 1979.


2 Dolores Huerta, Proclamation of the Delano Grape Workers,
1969.


3 Henry B. Gonzalez, A New Militancy, 1969.


4 José Angel Gutiérrez, The "Sleeping Giant" Awakes,
1969.


5 Reies López Tijerina, Recovering Lost Lands, 1969.


6 Rúben Salazar, The National Chicano Moratorium, 1970.


7 Vilma S. Martínez, The Struggle Continues, 1975.


8 Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, Myths about Immigrants,
2008.


9 San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez:
Educational Inequality, 1973.


10 Plyer v. Doe: Assimilation, Separation, or a Third Way?
1982.


11 MEChA, "El Plan de Santa Barbara," 1969.


Appendix I. Mexican Americans in American Popular Culture.


Appendix II. A Bibliography of Mexican American History.


Index.

About the Author

Steven Mintz is a member of the History Department and director of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Center at Columbia University.

Reviews

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