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...David E. Vassberg These flaws, however, do not detract from Zabalza Seguín’s scholarly achievement in this deft treatment of a complex subject. This book will prove useful to scholars interested in preindustrial rural society in Spain. Latin Americanists also will want to consult...

... as Indian wars than just in an Alamo hero without any meaning or lessons for the present. Matovina and de la Teja also remain cautious about Menchaca's recollections that undercut Juan Seguín's role as the ranking Tejano by inserting Menchaca himself at the center of unfolding events. For example...

.... More communities followed. The authors in Tejano Journey show the impact of changes in the political landscape on the ordinary citizens of Spanish-Mexican-Indian descent. For example, in the span of less than forty years the Seguín and Navarro families, discussed by Timothy M. Matovina and Stephen L...

... was rightfully theirs. Thus, despondent patriot Juan N. Seguín defended the contributions made by Tejanos to Texas's history—including its war against Mexico—as would, 50 years later, schoolteacher Adina de Zavala. Elite Nuevomexicanos strove to hold on to political power and secure statehood while...

... — greater than those played by Austin and Houston — of Erasmo and Juan Seguín. In addition, by approaching this from the point of view of Tejanos, Anglos are cast in the role of immigrants, which they were, bringing into question the motives and ideologies of those migrants. It also calls into question...