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Language: en
Pages: 196
Pages: 196
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-08-03 - Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Américo Paredes (1915–99) is one of the seminal figures in Mexican American studies. With this first book-length biography of Paredes, author José R. López
Language: en
Pages: 217
Pages: 217
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Américo Paredes (1915-1999) was a folklorist, scholar, and professor at the University of Texas at Austin who is widely acknowledged as one of the founding sch
Language: en
Pages: 308
Pages: 308
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-06-30 - Publisher: Arte Publico Press
In the 1930s, Américo Paredes, the renowned folklorist, wrote a novel set to the background of the struggles of Texas Mexicans to preserve their property, cult
Language: en
Pages: 248
Pages: 248
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-15 - Publisher: University of Texas Press
Several biographies of Américo Paredes have been published over the last decade, yet they generally overlook the paradoxical nature of his life’s work. Embar
Language: en
Pages: 284
Pages: 284
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press
Gregorio Cortez Lira, a ranchhand of Mexican parentage, was virtually unknown until one summer day in 1901 when he and a Texas sheriff, pistols in hand, blazed
