De León, a Tejano Family History
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2004
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-70220-2 (ISBN)
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-70220-2 (ISBN)
Combining the storytelling flair of a novelist with a scholar's concern for the facts, Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm here recounts the history of three generations of the de León family, one of the founding families of Texas.
Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, 2004
San Antonio Conservation Society Citation, 2005
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, the town of Victoria and the de León colony on the Guadalupe River (along with Stephen F. Austin's colony, the only completely successful colonization effort in Texas). They and their descendents survived and prospered under four governments, as the society in which they lived evolved from autocratic to republican and the economy from which they drew their livelihood changed from one of mercantile control to one characterized by capitalistic investments.
Combining the storytelling flair of a novelist with a scholar's concern for the facts, Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm here recounts the history of three generations of the de León family. She follows Martín and Patricia from their beginnings in Mexico through the establishment of the family ranches in Texas and the founding of the de León colony and the town of Victoria. Then she details how, after Martín's death in 1834, Patricia and her children endured the Texas Revolution, exile in New Orleans and Mexico, expropriation of their lands, and, after returning to Texas, years of legal battles to regain their property. Representative of the experiences of many Tejanos whose stories have yet to be written, the history of the de León family is the story of the Tejano settlers of Texas.
Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, 2004
San Antonio Conservation Society Citation, 2005
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, the town of Victoria and the de León colony on the Guadalupe River (along with Stephen F. Austin's colony, the only completely successful colonization effort in Texas). They and their descendents survived and prospered under four governments, as the society in which they lived evolved from autocratic to republican and the economy from which they drew their livelihood changed from one of mercantile control to one characterized by capitalistic investments.
Combining the storytelling flair of a novelist with a scholar's concern for the facts, Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm here recounts the history of three generations of the de León family. She follows Martín and Patricia from their beginnings in Mexico through the establishment of the family ranches in Texas and the founding of the de León colony and the town of Victoria. Then she details how, after Martín's death in 1834, Patricia and her children endured the Texas Revolution, exile in New Orleans and Mexico, expropriation of their lands, and, after returning to Texas, years of legal battles to regain their property. Representative of the experiences of many Tejanos whose stories have yet to be written, the history of the de León family is the story of the Tejano settlers of Texas.
Ana Carolina Castillo Crimm is Associate Professor of History at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
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
| Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 481 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften |
| ISBN-10 | 0-292-70220-5 / 0292702205 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-292-70220-2 / 9780292702202 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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