Tejano South Texas

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. First edition (stated). Yellow octavo, blue spine, xiii, 272 pages, b&w illustrations, maps, 24 cm. Two small coffee spots to front cover, faint soiling to two fore-edges, else near fine(-). Paperback. ISBN: 0292705115

Series: Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture, no. 5. Examines the cultural geography of Tejano South Texas and the Mexican ancestry of its residents, discussing where they originated, when they came to Texas, and how the area differs from other Mexican American regions. Contents: Borderland culture region -- Land beyond the Nueces -- Territory shaped -- Homeland forged -- Texas Mexican spaces -- Texas Mexican small towns -- Texas Mexican cities -- Texas Mexican social identities -- Tejano cultural province. Mexican Americans -- Texas, South -- Social life and customs.