My History, Not Yours: The Formation of Mexican American Autobiography

by Genaro M. Padilla

Book Overview

I am willing to relate all I can remember, but I wish it clearly understood that it must be in my own way, and at my own time. I will not be hurried or dictated to. It is my history and not yours I propose to tell."--Mariano Guadelupe Vallejo, on "Recuerdos hist ricos y personales" (1875)
My History, Not Yours is a landmark study of the autobiographical writings of Mexican Americans in the century following the US-Mexican War of 1846-1848...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299139743
• ISBN13: 9780299139742
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"