The Mexican American experience in Texas : citizenship, segregation, and the struggle for equality / Martha Menchaca.

Martha Menchaca begins with the Spanish settlement of Texas, exploring how Mexican Americans' racial heritage limited their incorporation into society after the territory's annexation. She then illustrates their political struggles in the nineteenth century as they tried to assert their legal rights...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Texas bookshelf.
Main Author: Menchaca, Martha (Author)
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Texas bookshelf.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Political activity > Texas > History.
Mexican Americans > Texas > History.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Activité politique > Texas > Histoire.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Texas > Histoire.
Mexican Americans.
Mexican Americans > Political activity.
Texas.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:338 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The pobladores and the casta system
  • New racial structures: citizenship and land conflicts
  • Violence and segregation, 1877 to 1927
  • Challenging segregation, 1927 to 1948
  • The path to desegregation, 1948 to1962
  • Institutional desegregation, social movement pressures, and the Chicano Movement
  • Mexican American social mobility and immigration.