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An unconscious ethnocentrism pervades the teaching of American history. While students learn that the English arrived in Virginia in 1607, few realize that European exploration of what is now the United States began in Florida in 1513 or that the first European settlement was a town established by a Spanish explorer, Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon, in Georgia in 1526. When we speak of immigration, we refer to the great waves of migration from Europe, and ignore the large migration from Mexico.Fixing on the eastern seaboard renders invisible a whole group of Americans: Mexican Americans. |
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BACKGROUND READING | |||||||||||||
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Mexican American history forces us to confront some unpleasant truths about our past. We will examine the forces that pushed the United States into the Southwest and discover what the Texas Revolution and the Mexican War meant for the region's inhabitants. We will also see what the development of the Great Southwest meant for the people who toiled in farms, the canneries, oil fields, copper mines and smelters, and rail yards. For a concise overview of Mexican American History, click on the following links.
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DOCUMENTS | |||||||||||||
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I have created a collection of documents that draw on the first-hand accounts of Mexicans and Mexican Americans to chronicle Mexican American history. Click to open a window with links to primary source documents. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | |||||||||||||
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Essential Readings:
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QUIZ | |||||||||||||
Test your knowledge about Mexican American History by taking our Mexican American History Quiz. |
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CHRONOLOGY | |||||||||||||
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Click to access a detailed chronology of Mexican American history. |
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LINKS | |||||||||||||
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Click for an annotated list of the most valuable online resources on various aspects of Mexican American History |
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OTHER SCHOLARLY WORK ONLINE | |||||||||||||
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Click here to read A History of the Mexican American People by Julian Samora and Patricia Vandel Simon http://www.jsri.msu.edu/museum/pubs/MexAmHist/toc.html |
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES | |||||||||||||
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Our site includes many additional resources on Mexican American history.
If you would like to see all of the resources on our site dealing with Mexican American history, simply use our search engine. |
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