The decline of the Californios

Description:

Publisher description: A striking addition to the literature of ethnic minorities, this book deals with the early struggles of the Spanish-speaking people of California. It focuses on the circumstances that caused the native-born Californians, or Californios, to lose numerical supremacy, land, political influence, and cultural dominance, and become a disadvantaged social group. It is the story of the decline but no less of the valiant perserverance of a subgroup which in the twentieth century was transformed into the largest minority in the Far West - the Mexican-Americans.

subjects: Hispanic Americans,  Mexican Americans,  History..,  Spaniards,  History,  Ethnic studies,  History of specific racial & ethnic groups,  Local history,  c 1800 to c 1900,  History - U.S.,  Social Science,  History: American,  USA,  United States - 19th Century/Old West,  United States - State & Local - General,  History / General,  Ethnic Studies - General,  United States - General,  California,  California, social conditions,  California, history,  Mexicans, united states,  Espagnols,  Américains d'origine mexicaine,  Histoire,  Photographie,  Hispanos,  Sozialgeschichte

Places: California