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Author:

Acosta, Teresa Palomo.

Title:

Las Tejanas : 300 years of history / Teresa Palomo Acosta and Ruthe Winegarten.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xvii, 436 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mexican American women--Texas--History.
Mexican American women--Texas--Social conditions.
Texas--History.
Texas--Ethnic relations.

Other Authors:

Winegarten, Ruthe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-408) and index.

Contents:

Native women, Mestizas, and colonists -- The status of women in the colonial period -- From the Republic of Texas to 1900 -- Revolution, racism, and resistance, 1900-1940 -- Life in rural Texas, 1900-1940 -- Life in urban Texas, 1900-1940 -- Education: learning, teaching, leading -- Entering business and the professions -- Faith and community -- Politics, the Chicano movement, and Tejana feminism -- Winning and holding public office -- Arts and culture.

Series:

Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 10

ISBN:

9780292705272 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0292705271 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780292747104 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292747101 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50064976

LCCN:

2002009360

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)