Title: 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