Tejanos and Texas under the Mexican Flag, 1821–1836 by Andrés Tijerina

Mexican-American culture in Texas had a lasting influence on Texans of all ethnic backgrounds, according to this new study of the cultural exchange that occurred before Texas broke away from Mexico in 1836.

The author describes the basic institutions of life and culture of the native Mexicans of Texas—the Tejanos—and documents their transmission to the Anglo-American frontier. Anglo-American pioneers who had arrived in Texas as buckskin-clad farmers became cattle ranchers who wore boots and "cowboy" hats. They learned to ride heavy Mexican saddles mounted on horses taken from the wild mustang herds of Texas. They drove great herds of longhorns north and westward, spreading the Mexican life-style and ranch economy as they went. With the cattle ranch went many words, practices, and legal principles that are really Mexican—but today are seen as distinctively Texan.

ANDRÉS TIJERINA holds degrees from Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Texas. He is currently an assistant professor in the history department at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

Number Fifty-four: The Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University

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Tejanos and Texas under the Mexican Flag, 1821–1836
ISBN 0-89096-606-0 paper $15.95s

LC 93-40484. 6x9. 184 pp. 2 b&w photos. 1 line drawing. 4 maps. 13 tables. Gloss. Bib. Index.
Texas History. Latin American History.

Publication Date: August 1994.

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