De León, a Tejano Family History /

La familia de León was one of the foundation stones on which Texas was built. Martín de León and his wife Patricia de la Garza left a comfortable life in Mexico for the hardships and uncertainties of the Texas frontier in 1801. Together, they established family ranches in South Texas and, in 1824...

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Main Author: Crimm, Ana Carolina Castillo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pioneers.
Mexican Americans.
Frontier and pioneer life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Pionniers > Texas > Victoria > Biographies.
Americains d'origine mexicaine > Texas > Victoria > Biographies.
Pioneers > Texas > Victoria > Biography.
Mexican Americans > Texas > Victoria > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas > Victoria.
Frontier and pioneer life > Mexico, North.
Texas > Victoria.
North Mexico.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Notes on Terminology
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • CHAPTER 1 Settling New Spain's Northern Frontier, 1750-1800
  • CHAPTER 2 The de León Ranches in Texas, 1800-1813
  • CHAPTER 3 Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Victoria, 1813-1828
  • CHAPTER 4 Problems, 1828-1834
  • CHAPTER 5 Tejanos and the Texas Revolution, 1834-1835
  • CHAPTER 6 Revolution and Exile, 1835-1845
  • CHAPTER 7 Fighting for the Land, 1845-1853
  • CHAPTER 8 Tejanos in Texas, 1853-1880
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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