Tejano Journey, 1770-1850

Book Overview

A century before the arrival of Stephen F. Austin's colonists, Spanish settlers from Mexico were putting down roots in Texas. From San Antonio de Bexar and La Bahia (Goliad) northeastward to Los Adaes and later Nacogdoches, they formed communities that evolved their own distinct "Tejano" identity.

In Tejano Journey, 1770-1850, Gerald Poyo and other noted borderlands historians track the changes and continuities within Tejano communities during the years in which Texas passed from Spain to Mexico to the Republic of Texas and finally to the United States. The authors show how a complex process of accommodation and resistance-marked at different periods by Tejano insurrections, efforts to work within the political and legal systems, and isolation from the mainstream-characterized these years of changing sovereignty.

While interest in Spanish and Mexican borderlands history has grown tremendously in recent years, the story has never been fully told from the Tejano perspective. This book complements and continues the history begun in Tejano Origins in Eighteenth-Century San Antonio, which Gerald E. Poyo edited with Gilberto M. Hinojosa.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029272389X
• ISBN13: 9780292723894
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Journey Worth Taking

This book is a must read if you are interested in the history and cultures of Texas, Tejanos or the border region. Given that so few books address the Tejano perspective, Tejano Journey provides new insights and information to even the most avid regional history buffs and students. Poyo and the contributing authors illuminate the Tejano experience during this transitional period and leave you with a more complete picture of Texas' fascinating history.