The decline of the Californios a social history of the Spanish-speaking Californians, 1846-1890.
Publisher description: A striking addition to the literature of ethnic minorities, this book deals with the early struggles of the Spanish-speaking people of California. It focuses on the circumstances that caused the native-born Californians, or Californios, to lose numerical supremacy, land, polit...
| Main Author: | Pitt, Leonard. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1966.
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| Physical Description: |
x, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. |
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| Summary: |
Publisher description: A striking addition to the literature of ethnic minorities, this book deals with the early struggles of the Spanish-speaking people of California. It focuses on the circumstances that caused the native-born Californians, or Californios, to lose numerical supremacy, land, political influence, and cultural dominance, and become a disadvantaged social group. It is the story of the decline but no less of the valiant perserverance of a subgroup which in the twentieth century was transformed into the largest minority in the Far West - the Mexican-Americans. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308). Halcyon Days: Mexican California, 1826-1845 -- Rain in a sheepfold: war and annexation, 1846-1848 -- "Greasers" in the diggings: Californians and Sonorans under attack -- The head pickled in whiskey -- The northern ranchos decimated -- The cow county ranchos in limbo -- "Semi-Gringo" Los Angeles -- "Serapes and split breeches" in politics -- Race war in Los Angeles, 1850-1856 -- Cow county bandidos, 1856-1859 -- El Clamor Público: sentiments of treason -- California lost, 1855-1859 -- Catholicism in a "medium state" -- Upheavals -- political and natural, 1860-1864 -- The second generation, 1865-1890 -- Schizoid heritage. Publisher description: A striking addition to the literature of ethnic minorities, this book deals with the early struggles of the Spanish-speaking people of California. It focuses on the circumstances that caused the native-born Californians, or Californios, to lose numerical supremacy, land, political influence, and cultural dominance, and become a disadvantaged social group. It is the story of the decline but no less of the valiant perserverance of a subgroup which in the twentieth century was transformed into the largest minority in the Far West - the Mexican-Americans. |
| Physical Description: |
x, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308). |
| ISBN: |
0520010191 9780520010192 0520016378 9780520016378 |