Tejano Empire
| Author | : Andrés Tijerina |
| Publisher | : Clayton Wheat Williams Texas L |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1603440518 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781603440516 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (516 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Tejano Empire by : Andrés Tijerina
Download or read book Tejano Empire written by Andrés Tijerina and published by Clayton Wheat Williams Texas L. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texans of Mexican descent built a unique and highly developed ranching culture that thrived in South Texas until the 1880's. In Tejano Empire, historian Andres Tijerina describes the major elements that gave the Tejano ranch community its identity: shared reaction to Anglo-American in-migration, tightly interconnected families, cultural loyalty, networks of communication, Catholic religion, and a material culture well adapted to the conditions of the region.