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Lisbeth Haas
Conquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936
$22.95, £16.50 paperback
978-0-520-20704-2
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284 pages,
June 1995, Available worldwide
Categories: History; Californian & Western History; Ethnic Studies; Latino Studies; American Studies; Gender Studies; California & the West; United States History
June 1995, Available worldwide
Categories: History; Californian & Western History; Ethnic Studies; Latino Studies; American Studies; Gender Studies; California & the West; United States History
"In this ambitious, provocative, and well-written study . . . Haas adds rich new detail to our understanding of the manner in which the American regime ordered society along racial and class lines. . . . She painstakingly explores specific instances in which differences in cultural values and traditions, in gendered structuring of households, and in attitudes toward work, property, and inheritance helped shaped the evolution of distinct, 'Indian,' 'Mexican,' and 'Anglo' neighborhoods. . . . This innovative and thoughtful book will undoubtedly help set the research agendas and modes of analysis of other historians of California and the U.S.-Mexico border region for some time to come."—David G. Gutiérrez, American Historical Review
"One of the most innovative aspects of Haas's history is its emphasis on space rather than time: chronological narration is secondary to spatial analysis. Her sense of the 'politics of space' leads her to consider the changing social landscape of villages, towns, communities, and barrios. Vignettes punctuate the prose."—James J. Rawls, Journal of American History
"Haas spells out her theme in one sentence: hers is a multiethnic history concerned with the politics of space and identity. Her work emphasizes land and the relationship of people tied to that land."—Western Historical Quarterly
"One of the most innovative aspects of Haas's history is its emphasis on space rather than time: chronological narration is secondary to spatial analysis. Her sense of the 'politics of space' leads her to consider the changing social landscape of villages, towns, communities, and barrios. Vignettes punctuate the prose."—James J. Rawls, Journal of American History
"Haas spells out her theme in one sentence: hers is a multiethnic history concerned with the politics of space and identity. Her work emphasizes land and the relationship of people tied to that land."—Western Historical Quarterly
Spanning the period between Spanish colonization and the early twentieth century, this well-argued and convincing study examines the histories of Spanish and American conquests, and of ethnicity, race, and community in southern California. Lisbeth Haas draws on a diverse body of source materials (mission and court archives, oral histories, Spanish language plays, census and tax records) to build a new picture of rural society and social change.
A borderlands and Chicano history, Haas's work provides a richly textured study of events that took place in and around San Juan Capistrano and Santa Ana in present-day Orange County. She provides a vivid sense of how and why the past acquires meaning in the lives that make up the historical identities she discusses. The voices of Juaneño and Luiseño Indians, Californios, and Mexicans are heard along the shifting faultlines of economic, social, and political change.
This is one of the first truly multiethnic histories of California and of the West. It makes clear that issues of multiculturalism and ethnicity are not recent manifestations in California—they have characterized social and cultural relationships there since the late eighteenth century.
A borderlands and Chicano history, Haas's work provides a richly textured study of events that took place in and around San Juan Capistrano and Santa Ana in present-day Orange County. She provides a vivid sense of how and why the past acquires meaning in the lives that make up the historical identities she discusses. The voices of Juaneño and Luiseño Indians, Californios, and Mexicans are heard along the shifting faultlines of economic, social, and political change.
This is one of the first truly multiethnic histories of California and of the West. It makes clear that issues of multiculturalism and ethnicity are not recent manifestations in California—they have characterized social and cultural relationships there since the late eighteenth century.
1997 Elliott Rudwick Prize, The Organization of American Historians
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