Table Of ContentNote: Each chapter concludes with Further Reading.1. Interpreting the Chicano PastESSAYSGilbert G. González and Raúl Fernández, Alternative Approaches to Chicano HistoryAlex M. Saragoza, Recent Approaches to Chicano HistoryDavid G. Gutiérrez, Chicano/a Historians and the Revision of Western History2. The Precolonial PeriodDOCUMENTSA Franciscan Friar Describes the Land and People of New Mexico, 1541Spain Asserts Control over the Indians of Nueva Galicia, Mexico, 1570The Pueblo Indian's Call for War, 1680Teodoro de Croix Reports on Pacifying the Indians in California, 1781Colonel Don Antonio Cordero Describes the Apaches, 1796ESSAYSCarlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez, Cultural Roots of Ancient Southwest IndiansCarroll L. Riley, The Indians of the Southwest in 1492Antonia I. Castañeda, Sexual Violence and the Politics of Conquest in Alta California3. Early Mexicano Communities on the Northern Frontier, the Spanish Colonial Period to 1821DOCUMENTSBishop Tamarón Visits New Mexico, 1760Captain Pierre Marie Françoois de Pagès Reports on Early Settlements in Texas, 1767Survivor María Ana Montielo Recounts the Uprising at Yuma, Arizona, 1781Jean François La Pérouse Describes the Mission Indians of Carmel, California, 1786Justice of the Peace Cornelio Vigil Restores a Land Grant to New Mexican Citizens, 1842ESSAYSAntonia I. Castañeda, Gender, Race, and Culture in the History of the California FrontierGerald E. Poyo and Gilbert M. Hinojosa, Spanish Texas and Borderlands Historiography4. Early Mexicano Life and Society in the Southwest, 1821-1846DOCUMENTSEulalia Pérez Recalls Early California, 1823Captain Frederick W. Beechy Describes the California Missions, 1826General Manuel Mier y Terán Reports on the Texas-Coahuila Territory, 1828-1829Eulalia Yorba Gives an Eyewitness Account of the Siege of the Alamo, 1836Olibama López Recalls Pioneer Life in Colorado's San Luis Valley in the Early Nineteenth CenturyJoshua Gregg Paints a Picture of La TulesRalph Emerson Twitchell Offers an Opinion of La TulesESSAYSDavid J. Weber, Mythmaking and the Texas RevolutionHolly Beachley Brear, Creating the Myth of the AlamoDeena J. González, La Tules of Image and Reality5. Mexican Americans After the Mexican War, 1848-1860DOCUMENTSThe Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Establishes Borders, 1848Secretary of State James Buchanan Reacts to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848John Rollin Ridge Reflects on the Life of Joaquín Murieta, 1850A California Newspaper Condemns Violence Against Mexicans, 1856William W.H. Davis Comments on the Customs of the Spanish-speaking New Mexicans, 1857John Hittel Reviews Mexican Land Claims in California, 1857Juan Cortina Calls Texas Mexicans to Armed Resistance, 1859ESSAYSLeonard Pitt, The Origins of Nativism in CaliforniaAntonia I. Castañeda, Anglo American Stereotypes of CalifornianasArnoldo De León, Life for Mexicans in Texas After the 1836 Revolution6. Conflict and Community Among Mexican Americans in the Southwest, Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth CenturiesDOCUMENTSMexico's Investigative Commission Reports on Violence and Theft Along the Texas-Mexico Border, 1873Miguel Antonio Otero Remembers New Mexico, 1880Las Gorras Blancas Announce Their Platform, 1890The Californio "First Families" Are Recalled, 1891Gregorio Cortez Is Immortalized in Song, 1901ESSAYSDeena J. González, The Unmarried Women of Santa Fe, 1850-1880Sara Deutsch, Chicano/a Frontier and Regional Communities in the Southwest7. Struggle and Strife: Social Conditions of Mexican Americans, 1910-1917DOCUMENTSVictor S. Clark Comments on Changes in Mexican Immigration to the United States, 1908The Reverend Pedro Grado Addresses El Congreso Mexicanista, 1911Flores de Andrade Recalls Her Revolutionary Activity as an Immigrant in El Paso, Texas, 1911Samuel Bryan Analyses Increases in Mexican Immigration, 1912"Los sediciosos" (The Seditionists) Commemorates Mexican American Resistance in South Texas, 1915ESSAYS
SynopsisThis volume in the Major Problems in American History series chronicles the history of Mexican-Americans from the pre-Colonial era through the present.