The Tejano Community, 1836–1900

by Arnoldo de León, Richard Griswold del Castillo (Foreword)

Book by De Leon, Arnoldo

287 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Arnoldo De León is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at Angelo State University, where he served as a member of the faculty from 1973 until 2015. He earned his BA from Angelo State, and his MA (1971) and Ph.D. (1974) from Texas Christian University.

Reviews

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author examines the role of Hispanic Texans from The Texas Revolution through the beginning of the twentieth century. While some useful data and information is presented, the views put forth are racists casting all hispanics as victims and all Anglos as villains. When He portrays the Texas Revolution as a race war instead of all Texans fighting against a Mexican dictator who abolished the Mexican constitution. Although useful in the study of Texas it should be read with a grain of salt.