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Publisher description: A striking addition to the literature of ethnic minorities, this book deals with the early struggles of the Spanish-speaking people of California. It focuses on the circumstances that caused the native-born Californians, or Californios, to lose numerical supremacy, land, political influence, and cultural dominance, and become a disadvantaged social group. It is the story of the decline but no less of the valiant perserverance of a subgroup which in the twentieth century was transformed into the largest minority in the Far West - the Mexican-Americans.
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Hispanic Americans, Mexican Americans, History.., Spaniards, History, Ethnic studies, History of specific racial & ethnic groups, Local history, c 1800 to c 1900, History - U.S., Social Science, History: American, USA, United States - 19th Century/Old West, United States - State & Local - General, History / General, Ethnic Studies - General, United States - General, California, California, social conditions, California, history, Mexicans, united states, Espagnols, Américains d'origine mexicaine, Histoire, Photographie, Hispanos, SozialgeschichtePlaces
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"CALIFORNIANS caught an early glimpse of the modern era on November 20, 1818, when the Argentine pirate and patriot, Hippolyte de Bouchard, seized Monterey to imbue with the "spirit of liberty.""
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