Decline of the Californios
Subtitle: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 1, 1970
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780520016378
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; United States - State & Local - General; History - U.S.; United States - 19th Century/Old West; History / General; History; California; Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans
First sentence: CALIFORNIANS caught an early glimpse of the modern era on November 20, 1818, when the Argentine pirate and patriot, Hippolyte de Bouchard, seized Monterey to imbue with the "spirit of liberty."
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.