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Thrown Among Strangers : The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California
author
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Monroy, Douglas.
publisher
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University of California Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0520082753
print isbn13
:
9780520082755
ebook isbn13
:
9780585181561
language
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English
subject
Indians of North America--California, Southern--History, Mexican Americans--California, Southern--History, Acculturation--California, Southern--History, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Southern, California, Southern--Race relations.
publication date
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1990
lcc
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F867.M69 1990eb
ddc
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305.8/009794
subject
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Indians of North America--California, Southern--History, Mexican Americans--California, Southern--History, Acculturation--California, Southern--History, Frontier and pioneer life--California, Southern, California, Southern--Race relations.
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Thrown Among Strangers
The Making of Mexican Culture in Frontier California
Douglas Monroy
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY LOS ANGELES LONDON
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University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd. London, England
1990 by The Regents of the University of California
First Paperback Printing 1993
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Monroy, Douglas Thrown among strangers : the making of Mexican culture in frontier California / Douglas Monroy. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-520-08275-3 1. California, SouthernRace relations. 2. Indians of North AmericaCalifornia, SouthernHistory. 3. Mexican Americans California, SouthernHistory. 4. AcculturationCalifornia, SouthernHistory. I. Title. F867.M69 1990 305.8'009794dc2089-49035 CIP
Printed in the United States of America
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Material, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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To my parents, Jaime Gonzlez Monroy and Theada Erikson Monroy with love, esteem, and thanks
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
ix
Introduction
xiii
Part One: Burials
1. If Its Inhabitants Are Addicted to Independence: Spain and the Indians of Alta California
3
2. Brutal Appetites: The Social Relations of the California Missions
51
Part Two: Of Cows, Dons, Indians, Cholos, and Peddlers
3. To Join as Neighbors: Pueblo Life in Los Angeles
99
4. Heaven, or Some Other Place: A Conquered Los Angeles
163
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5. At Considerable Less Wages: Mexicans and the Labor Crisis of Southern California
233
Epilogue
People and History: An End and a New Beginning
281
Notes
287
Bibliography
321
Index
335
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ILLUSTRATIONS
1. "The way of fighting of the Indians of California"
37
2. The classic portrayal of Father Junpero Serra
46
3. The last Indian choir at Mission San Buenaventura
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