Following Texan independence from Mexico, the United States led a campaign to re-annex the territory, as well as threate
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It is 1842—a dramatic year in the history of Texas-Mexican relations. After five years of uneasy peace, of futile negoti
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During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a majority of the Mexican immigrant population in the United States
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After World War II, Mexican American veterans returned home to lead the civil rights struggles of the fifties, sixties,
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For hundreds of years, Mexican Americans in Texas have fought against political oppression and exclusion—in courtrooms,
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The Texas Centennial of 1936, commemorated by statewide celebrations of independence from Mexico, proved to be a powerfu
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Language has long functioned as a signifier of power in the United States. In Texas, as elsewhere in the Southwest, ethn
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On the plains between the San Antonio River and the Rio Grande lies the heartland of what is perhaps the largest ethnic
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The Texas Mexican Connection. Texas Recipes. Mexican Recipes. A New Style of Tex-Mex Cooking. Get your copy of the best
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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
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