From the Republic of the Rio Grande: A Personal History of the Place and the People
Autor Beatriz de la Garzaen Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 2013
From the Republic of the Rio Grande brings new insights and information to the study of transnational cultures by drawing from family papers supplemented by other original sources, local chronicles, and scholarly works. De la Garza has fashioned a history of this area from the perspective of individuals involved in the events recounted. The book is composed of nine sections spanning some two hundred years, beginning in the mid-1700s. Each section covers not only a chronological period but also a particular theme relating to the history of the region. De la Garza takes a personal approach, opening most sections with an individual observation or experience that leads to the central motif, whether this is the shared identity of the inhabitants, their pride in their biculturalism and bilingualism, or their deep attachment to the land of their ancestors.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292762138
ISBN-10: 0292762135
Pagini: 255
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
ISBN-10: 0292762135
Pagini: 255
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Notă biografică
Beatriz de la Garza is an attorney and writer. Her previous books are A Law for the Lion, The Candy Vendor’s Boy and Other Stories, and Pillars of Gold and Silver.
Cuprins
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Republic of the Rio Grande
- Chapter 2. The Kingdom of Zapata
- Chapter 3. Grandfather's Revolution: The Horseman
- Chapter 4. Grandfather's Revolution: The Historian
- Chapter 5. The Prodigal
- Chapter 6. "You and I Will Die of Love"
- Chapter 7. "Not a Stone upon a Stone"
- Chapter 8. The Streets of Laredo
- Chapter 9. Voyages in English
- Works Cited
- Index
Descriere
Using family papers, local chronicles, and scholarly works, de la Garza tells the story of the Republic of the Rio Grande and its people from the perspective of individuals who lived in this region from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century.