Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890 BISAC-TRV015030 ISBN10: 015206107X

ISBN10: 015206107X

The only book with exclusive analysis by the Pulitzer Prize-winning staff of The Washington Post

ISBN13: 9780548671221

expanding empire throughout history

feasting on tender minds and hurling rot across our intellectual landscape

Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890 BISAC-TRV015030 ISBN10: 015206107XIn his enduring study of Spanish speaking Californians a group that includes both native born Californians, or Californios, and immigrants from Mexico Leonard Pitt charts one of the earliest chapters in the state's ethnic history, and, in the process, he sheds light on debates and tensions that continue to this day. In a new foreword for this edition, Ramn A. Gutirrez discusses the shaping and reception of the book and also views this classic work in