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Anglos And Mexicans In The Making Of Texas 1836-1986 By David Montejano

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The book ‘Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas 1836-1986’ was written by David Montejano. It is a well-written novel that offers a broad interpretation of racial interactions history in the state of Texas. David claims that a racial situation was created right after the annexation of the United States and Anglo subjugation of Mexicans. This was after Texas gained independence (Montejano, 1987). The origin and development of the racial order sprouts from the growth of classes that came as a result of transforming the economy from ranching to urban-industrialization. David expressed an analysis key in and examine the structure and nature of racial status in Texas. He adopted four periods in his examination which are incorporation, reconstruction, segregation, and integration. The beginning of the narrative is in the year 1848 after conflict between Mexico and the United States. It was a similar story between the accommodation of the old and new elites. Apparently, Anglo lawyers, army officers, and merchants intermarried with elite Mexican ladies, and by so doing, they despoiled these families of their lands (Montejano, 1987). The dislocation beckoned the demise of Mexican power and revolution of the economy from …show more content…

The arrival of rail in the late 1800’s paved the way for the season of reconstruction. As a result, production of livestock was taken over by commercial farming, a trend that involved the end of paternalistic labor relations. According to David, racial conflict and consciousness came as a result of massive migration of Mexicans into Texas (Gutierrez, 1989). This is a reflection of the current immigration as Mexican move to seek employment in America. The immigration was the start of segregation that was characterized by ideological foundations of racism and purity campaigns. Discrimination also involved Anglo labor regulation techniques and Jim Crow laws to regulate the Mexican

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