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CONTENTS MAPS vii TABLES ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi INTRODUCTION I 1. Spaniards, Indians, and the Inhospitable Seno Mexicano 15 2. Hacia la Frontera The Origins of Spanish and Mexican Society in Present-Day South Texas, 17308-1848 25 3. Early Economic Life in the Lower Río Grande Frontier, 17305-1848 67 4. The Making of a Tejano Homeland in South Texas, 1848-1900 Population Growth, Adaptation, and Conflict 95 5. Losing Ground Anglo Challenges to Mexican Landholders and Land Grant Adjudication in South Texas, 1846-1900 145 6. A Case Study of Tejano Land Tenure in Hidalgo County, Texas, 1848–1900 161 7. Recovery and Expansion of Tejano Ranching in South Texas, 1845–1885 The Good Years 183 8. The Decline of Tejano Ranching Its Social and Economic Bases, 1885–1900 227 9. Tejano Rancheros and Hispanic Landholding in the Southwest, 1848–1900 259 EPILOGUE 271 Appendix 1. Definition of Terms v vi Contents Appendix 2. A Note on Sources 287 Appendix 3. Livestock Transactions Recorded in Hidalgo County, 1874–1899 291 Appendix 4. Livestock Transactions in Webb County, Texas, 1876–1890 297 NOTES 3OI INDEX 347 ...

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