They Called Them Greasers : : Anglo Attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821–1900 /

They Called Them Greasers : : Anglo Attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821–1900 / / Arnoldo De León.

Tension between Anglos and Tejanos has existed in the Lone Star State since the earliest settlements. Such antagonism has produced friction between the two peoples, and whites have expressed their hostility toward Mexican Americans unabashedly and at times violently. This seminal work in the histori...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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De León, Arnoldo,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1983
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (167 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • A Note on Terminology
  • 1. Initial Contacts: Redeeming Texas from Mexicans, 1821-1836
  • 2. Niggers, Redskins, and Greasers: Tejano Mixed-Bloods in a White Racial State
  • 3. An Indolent People
  • 4. Defective Morality
  • 5. Disloyalty and Subversion
  • 6. Leyendas Negras
  • 7. Frontier "Democracy" and Tejanos—the Antebellum Period
  • 8. Frontier "Democracy" and Tejanos—the Postbellum Period
  • 9. Epilogue: "Not the White Man's Equal"
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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