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Author Kreneck, Thomas H

Title Del Pueblo : a history of Houston's Hispanic community / Thomas H. Kreneck
Edition Texas A & M University Press ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 160 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Gulf Coast books ; no. 21
Gulf Coast books ; no. 21.
Contents Introduction -- A peripheral Spanish imprint -- In the shadow of San Jacinto -- Establishing an urban presence, 1880-1910 -- La Colonia Mexicana in Houston, 1910-1929 -- Hard times and war, 1929-1945 -- Latin Americans in postwar Houston, 1946-1958 -- From Latin American to Chicano, 1958-1978 -- "Decade of the Hispanic," 1980s -- Toward the new millennium
Summary Though relatively small in number until the latter decades of the nineteenth century, Houston'sHispanic population possesses a rich and varied history that has previously not been readily associated in the popular imagination with Houston. However, in 1989, the first edition of Thomas H. Kreneck's Del Pueblo vividly captured the depth and breadth of Houston's Hispanic people, illustrating both the obstacles and the triumphs that characterized this vital community's rise to prominence during the twentieth century. This new, revised edition of Del Pueblo: A History of Hou
Analysis Multi-User
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Hispanic Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- Pictorial works
Hispanic Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies.
Hispanic Americans
SUBJECT Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Pictorial works
Houston (Tex.) -- History
Houston (Tex.) -- Pictorial works
Subject Texas -- Houston
Genre/Form History
Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781603447355
1603447350