Tejano Religion and Ethnicity, San Antonio, 1821–1860

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.

The book chronicles how San Antonio culturally changed when it became Anglo-dominant after formerly being a part of Mexico. According to Gilberto M. Hinojosa of University of the Incarnate Word, the book establishes how the historiography of Mexican Americans and much of the previous Spanish colonization are connected.[1]

Content

The book has five chapters.[2]

In addition to the text, there are a bibliography and notes sections present. The latter takes up a combined 62 pages, while the primary content of the book takes up 93 pages.[3]

Reception

Patrick Foley of Catholic Southwest praised the book for being "balanced, well-written, and thoroughly researched".[2]

Robert E. Wright of the Oblate School of Theology praised the "very careful and nuanced" way of analyzing various aspects.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Hinojosa, p. 196.
  2. ^ a b Foley, p. 411.
  3. ^ Wright, p. 110.
  4. ^ Wright, p. 111.

References

  • Foley, Patrick (1998). "Tejano Religion and Ethnicity: San Antonio, 1821–1860. By Timothy M. Matovina. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. xi + 168 pp. $24.95 cloth". Church History. 67 (2): 411–412. doi:10.2307/3169814. JSTOR 3169814. S2CID 162561603. - Available at ProQuest
  • Hinojosa, Gilberto M (1996). "San Antonio de Béxar: A Community on New Spain's Northern Frontier. By Jesus F. de la Teja. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995 and Tejano Religion and Ethnicity: San Antonio, 1821–1860. By Timothy M. Matovina. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995". The Journal of American History. 83 (1). Bloomington, Indiana: 195–197. doi:10.2307/2945515. JSTOR 2945515. - Available at ProQuest
  • Wright, Robert E. (January 1999). "Tejano Religion and Ethnicity: San Antonio, 1821-1860". The Catholic Historical Review. 85 (1). Washington. doi:10.1353/cat.1999.0124. S2CID 157715359. ProQuest 200022741 – via ProQuest. - Also available at Project MUSE.

Further reading

  • Ramos, Raúl A. (Spring 1996). "Tejano Religion and Ethnicity: San Antonio, 1821–1860". Western Historical Quarterly. 27 (1): 91–92. doi:10.2307/969940. JSTOR 969940.

External links

  • Tejano Religion and Ethnicity: San Antonio, 1821-1860 - DeGruyter - Book available here. DOI 10.7560/751705.
  • Tejano Religion and Ethnicity: San Antonio, 1821-1860 - University of Toronto Press Distribution