HIUS 113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Tamaulipas, Tejano
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De leon and stewart: lost dreams and found fortunes: mexican and anglo immigrants in. Spanish territory in 1740s of south texas (293: old spanish political and social systems: model of organization, traditional family structures; indians persisted in normal fashion of other spanish colonies. Effects of american immigration into republic of texas: troops came along to secure area for us. Anglos enjoyed close ties with state government when they thought that. By the civil war, most land formerly belonging to hispanics in nueces county had passed to anglos: led to new economic arrangement. Large tracts of most valued real estate had been acquired by a few anglo immigrants (297) Mexicans formed largest number of landowners, but amount of land was only a fourth of that of anglo americans. Shift economic control from mexicans to anglo-americans: post-mexican war economic change (298) Occupational differentiation: changes in demand for labor and ethnic cleavages became deeply drawn.
