Montejano's New Book

I can't wait for this to come out. I'm a fan of his work. His Anglos & Mexicans in the Making of Texas has been influencial in my understanding of S.TX history.

This is from the UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Dept. site:



In the mid-sixties, San Antonio was a segregated city governed by an entrenched Anglo social and business elite. The Mexican American barrios of the West and South sides were characterized by substandard housing and experienced seasonal flooding. Gang warfare broke out regularly. Then the striking farm workers of South Texas marched through the City and set off a social movement that transformed the barrios and ultimately brought down the old Anglo oligarchy. In Quixote's Soldiers, David Montejano uses a unique blend of history and sociology to present a thick description of this social movement.

--Abstract of Quixote's Soldiers: A Local History of the Chicano Movement, 1966-1981 (University of Texas Press, forthcoming 2010)