Thirty Million Strong: Reclaiming the Hispanic Image in American CultureMany Americans are taught that the first people to "settle" North America were the English colonists in Jamestown, Virginia. On the contrary, Hispanic peoples developed a culture and civilization in North America that predated the English by centuries. In this controversial and lively book, Nicolas Kanellos chronicles and analyzes the changing images of Hispanics in the United States from the age of exploration and conquest to the present, reclaiming the Hispanic heritage in American culture. Part history, part manifesto, this book challenges our notions of the Hispanic peoples, giving us a perspective into the great contributions this group has made to American society. |
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Page 39
... Texas law but determined by the terms of the original grants . After the founding of the Texas Republic in 1836 and then the later admission of Texas as a state to the Union , the Spanish and Mexican laws regarding water usage were ...
... Texas law but determined by the terms of the original grants . After the founding of the Texas Republic in 1836 and then the later admission of Texas as a state to the Union , the Spanish and Mexican laws regarding water usage were ...
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... Texas contin- ues to have one of the strongest property exemption laws of any state . Texas also accepted the Mexican and Spanish land use system via this law , which called for large tracts of land with access to water that could be ...
... Texas contin- ues to have one of the strongest property exemption laws of any state . Texas also accepted the Mexican and Spanish land use system via this law , which called for large tracts of land with access to water that could be ...
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... Texas recognized this inequity and specifically ex- cluded the Anglo - American law that limited a wife's interests . The previously Hispanic provinces of Texas and Louisiana were the first to protect wives through common - law stat ...
... Texas recognized this inequity and specifically ex- cluded the Anglo - American law that limited a wife's interests . The previously Hispanic provinces of Texas and Louisiana were the first to protect wives through common - law stat ...
Contents
The Black Legend | 47 |
Manifest Destiny | 61 |
Immigration Policy | 101 |
Copyright | |
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