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Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's Third Coast is a 2002 non-fiction book by Susan Hardwick. It discusses the geography and history of Galveston, Texas, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music is a 1985 non-fiction book by Manuel H. Peña, published by University of Texas Press. It documents Tejano conjunto music established in the 20th century. The author states that the music reflects how communities on the Mexico-United States border evolved and how the communities opposed assimilating to the dominant American culture.
Tejano Religion and Ethnicity, San Antonio, 1821–1860 is a non-fiction book by Timothy Matovina, published by the University of Texas Press in 1995.
San Antonio de Béxar: A Community on New Spain's Northern Frontier is a non-fiction book by Jesus F. de la Teja, published by the University of New Mexico Press in 1995.
Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class: San Antonio, 1929-1941 is a non-fiction book by Richard A. Garcia, published in 1991 by the Texas A&M University Press.
Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century is a 2002 non-fiction book by Guadalupe San Miguel, published by the Texas A&M University Press.
References
- Barnhill, John H. (2007). "TEJANO SOUTH TEXAS: A Mexican American Cultural Province". Material Culture . International Society for Landscape, Place & Material Culture. 39 (1): 63–65. JSTOR 29764380.
- Blanton, Carlos Kevin (2003). "Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province". Journal of Southern History . 69 (4): 867–868. doi:10.2307/30040104. JSTOR 30040104 – via Gale Academic Onefile. - Also available at ProQuest
- Hardwick, Susan W. (2004). "Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province". Geographical Review . 94 (4): 550–552. JSTOR 30034300. - also at Gale Academic OneFile
- Yoder, Michael S. (2003). "Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly . 106 (3): 459–460. JSTOR 30239348.