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From the Republic of the Rio Grande : A Personal History of the Place and the People / Beatriz de la Garza.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and CulturePublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (255 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292744073
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972 .1 23
LOC classification:
  • F1314 .D44 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. The Republic of the Rio Grande -- 2. The Kingdom of Zapata -- 3. Grandfather’s Revolution: The Horseman -- 4. Grandfather’s Revolution: The Historian -- 5. The Prodigal -- 6. “You and I Will Die of Love” -- 7. “Not a Stone upon a Stone” -- 8. The Streets of Laredo -- 9. Voyages in English -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: The Republic of the Rio Grande had a brief and tenuous existence (1838–1840) before most of it was reabsorbed by Mexico and the remainder annexed by the United States, yet this region that straddles the Rio Grande has retained its distinctive cultural identity to the present day. Born on one side of the Rio Grande and raised on the other, Beatriz de la Garza is a product of this region. Her birthplace and its people are the subjects of this work, which fuses family memoir and borderlands history. 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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. The Republic of the Rio Grande -- 2. The Kingdom of Zapata -- 3. Grandfather’s Revolution: The Horseman -- 4. Grandfather’s Revolution: The Historian -- 5. The Prodigal -- 6. “You and I Will Die of Love” -- 7. “Not a Stone upon a Stone” -- 8. The Streets of Laredo -- 9. Voyages in English -- Works Cited -- Index

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The Republic of the Rio Grande had a brief and tenuous existence (1838–1840) before most of it was reabsorbed by Mexico and the remainder annexed by the United States, yet this region that straddles the Rio Grande has retained its distinctive cultural identity to the present day. Born on one side of the Rio Grande and raised on the other, Beatriz de la Garza is a product of this region. Her birthplace and its people are the subjects of this work, which fuses family memoir and borderlands history. 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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)