They called them greasers : Anglo attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821-1900 / by Arnoldo De León.

By: De León, Arnoldo, 1945- [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Austin : University of Texas Press, 1992©1983 Edition: Fourth paperback printing, 1992Description: xii, 153 pages : map ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0292703635Other title: Anglo attitudes toward Mexicans in Texas, 1821-1900Subject(s): Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century | Public opinion -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | Texas -- Race relationsLOC classification: F395.M5 D45 1992
Contents:
1. Initial contacts: Redeeming Texas from Mexicans, 1821-1836 -- 2. Niggers, redskins, and greasers: Tejano mixed bloods in a white racial state -- 3. An indolent people -- 4. Defective morality -- 5. Disloyalty and subversion -- 6. Leyendas Negras -- 7. Frontier "democracy" and Tejanos -- the Antebellum period -- 8. Frontier "democracy" and Tejanos -- The Postbellum period -- 9. Epilogue: "Not the white man's equal
Summary: This seminal work in the historical literature of race relations in Texas examines the attitudes of whites toward Mexicans in nineteenth-century Texas. For some, it will be disturbing reading. But its unpleasant revelations are based on extensive and thoughtful research into Texas' past. The result is important reading not merely for historians but for all who are concerned with the history of ethnic relations in our state.(Back cover)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-145) and index.

1. Initial contacts: Redeeming Texas from Mexicans, 1821-1836 -- 2. Niggers, redskins, and greasers: Tejano mixed bloods in a white racial state -- 3. An indolent people -- 4. Defective morality -- 5. Disloyalty and subversion -- 6. Leyendas Negras -- 7. Frontier "democracy" and Tejanos -- the Antebellum period -- 8. Frontier "democracy" and Tejanos -- The Postbellum period -- 9. Epilogue: "Not the white man's equal

This seminal work in the historical literature of race relations in Texas examines the attitudes of whites toward Mexicans in nineteenth-century Texas. For some, it will be disturbing reading. But its unpleasant revelations are based on extensive and thoughtful research into Texas' past. The result is important reading not merely for historians but for all who are concerned with the history of ethnic relations in our state.(Back cover)

In English.