Mexican Americans
Suggested Books
| The Mexican War From Texas Trail, an article that describes the background, campaigns, and impactof the war. | |
| Voices from the Gaps: Pat Mora Includes a short biography of the author as well as a bibliography and a list ofrelated links. | |
| Cinco de Mayo Examines the holiday's history and its significance. In English and Spanish. | |
| LTG: Mexico's Plans for the US Argues that "Our southern neighbor is not shy about expressing its intention toconquer the American Southwest, which Mexico regards as territory lost in the ... | |
| The History Guy: The US-Mexican War (1846-1848) A listing of the main facts about the war, plus a brief description of the causesand the conflict. It also contains unique facts and links. | |
| Latino Bibliography Bibliography on children's literature focusing on Latinos. | |
| Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - 1848 Historical school text from "American History" (1911) by David Muzzey, discussingthe War. | |
| Latin American Studies Bibliography of gay and lesbian materials for Latin America & the Caribbean inthe University of Chicago Library. | |
| La Voz de Aztlan Mexican site, presenting essays and articles critical of US foreign policy, andattacking Israel and Zionism. | |
| Mexican and Latin American Literature: Selected Sources Selected sources prepared by Laura M. Boyer, CSU Stanislaus Library. | |
| The Mexican American War A detailed thesis of the origins, events and outcomes of the US-Mexican war,sourced largely from the diary of President James Polk. | |
| Handbook of Texas Online: MEXICAN WAR A brief description of the major events of the war. | |
| Mexican American War - Liberty - Themepark From the Utah Education Network, a brief description of the war with links toplaces, people, and related sites. | |
| Mexican-American War National Park Service overview that covers Zachary Taylor's army, the Army ofthe West, and the Invasion of Mexico City. Map, links, and suggested readings. | |
| America at War: Mexican-American War A timeline of the major events of the war. | |
| American President Fact file and comprehensive biographical sketch based on PBS series. | |
| Chapter 8: The Mexican War and After Chapter from the US Army's official "American Military History," describing boththe course of the war and the technology, tactics, and organization of US ... | |
| MULEGE, Baja California Sur, - BCS - Mexico, a real desert Oasis ... BajaQuest travel directory for the area. | |
| 1Civil War, the Confederacy, Hispanics in Americas Defense, Civil ... History of Civil War units containing men of Spanish ancestry who fought for theConfederacy and the Union. | |
| Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Music - Musica Nortena History of conjunto and orquesta styles of music. | |
| Cultural Diversity: Eating in America, Mexican-American, HYG-5255-95 Ohio State University Extension fact sheet providing basic information. | |
| Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce Promotes the growth and success of local Hispanic chambers of commerce and servesas an advocate of Hispanic business. Site includes contact information for ... | |
| PBS About This Site . Retired Site | |
| PBS: Accordion Dreams - All About Conjunto Television program about the style of music. | |
| Handbook of Texas Online: CRYSTAL CITY, TX Community history and information. | |
| Hispanic-American Students and Learning Style. ERIC Digest. Provides full-text access to the ERIC Digest of this name which examines how thelearning styles of Hispanic students differ from other students. | |
| Los Angeles is a Mexican city says Mayor Hahn Article from Aztlan.Net quoting Mayor Hahn as saying "Our city is a Mexican city,and Mexican Americans have greatly shaped our cultural, political and ... | |
| Paredes Essay: Teaching the American Literatures Essay by Raymund Paredes of UCLA on history and development of Chicano literature. | |
| Zoot Suit Riots History of the zoot suit riots. | |
| RECONQUISTA: MEXICO'S ATTEMPT TO ANNEX THE SOUTHWEST Reproduction of a full-page ad printed in the Los Angeles Times in 1997. | |
| Multiculturalism, Immigration and Aztlan - DASA - Diversity ... "Nothing more vividly testifies against that romantic faith in America's abilityto continuously assimilate new members than the events of October 16, ... | |
| American Heart Association 1998 US heart attack and angina statistics. | |
| A haphazard guide to Chicanas doing any variant of Chicana/o Studies In-process directory of Chicana/Latina academics who work on Chicana Studies inEducation, Humanities and the Arts. | |
| Historical Timelines - The Bancroft Library - University of ... Timeline of African Americans in California. | |
| AISNA Short story. With an introduction by Michele Bottalico. | |
| Insight & Outlook - An Interview with Richard Rodriguez A View from the Melting Pot - An Interview with Richard Rodriguez from the Insightand Outlook radio series. | |
| Crystal City Texas Resource Guide, City or community of Crystal ... Community information and facts. | |
| Americans Protest La Reconquista 1998 Rally against immigration. | |
| Caltech Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences Directory information for faculty and schedule of seminars. | |
| Hispanic Writers Collection: TxState The Southwestern Writers Collection specializes in contemporary Hispanic literature,primarily the work of fiction writers, poets and playwrights. | |
| Barrio Logan History, pictures, maps, and links to related materials, by Steve Schoenherr. | |
| Sleepy Lagoon Historia | |
| SULAIR: Research Quick Start Guides: Chicano/Latino Studies Stanford University's collection on Chicano/Latino Studies, including bibliographies,encyclopedias, scholarly journals, and statistical information. | |
| The Zoot-Suit and Style Warfare 1984 essay by Stuart Cosgrove explores the 1943 "Zoot-Suit Riots" and the "socialand political importance" of the zoot-suit to Mexican-American youths. | |
| Arab-American Affairs - Arab-American Almanac. Arab news and ... Site for The News Circle, the Arab-American Almanac, and the Arab-American Calendar.Also provides news, views, calendar, and reference historic data. | |
| The Indigenous People of Zacatecas Describes history and culture prior to arrival of Europeans by region, withinformation on indigenous languages in use today. | |
| SCORE: Steinbeck--Migrant article Examination of the impact of migrant farm workers from the 1970s onward. | |