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Read more about Mexican anarchists, Mexican culture & history, U.S. border states history and the people who contributed to this project:

Books by Ward S. Albro

To Die on Your Feet: The Life Times and Writing of Praxedis Guerrero by Ward S. Albro -Texas Christian University Press, 1996.  Wonderful historical biography on Praxedis Guerrero; poet and passionate advocate of human rights.  One of Mexico’s true heroic figures.

Always A Rebel: Ricardo Flores Magon and the Mexican Revolution by Ward S. Albro – Texas Christian University Press, 2003.  Compelling study of Ricardo Flores Magon and the Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) activities in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest.

Day of the Dead: Dia de Muertos by Denis Defibaugh and Ward S. Albro – Texas Christian University Press, 2007.  Gorgeous photographic images of this Mexican tradition of honoring the ancestors.  With intriguing  commentary by Ward S. Albro.

Books on Mexican History

Mexico: A Brief History by Alicia Hernandez Chavez – UC Press, 2006.  An excellent and highly readable presentation of Mexico’s turbulent and exraordinary history by one of Mexico’s most respected historians.  (English language edition).

Mexico: Biography of Power by Enrique Krauze – Harper Perennial Edition, 1998.  Focuses on important and intriguing Mexican figures who changed the course of Mexican history.  Reads almost like a novel.

Zapata and the Mexican Revolution by John Womack Jr. – Vintage Books, 1970.  This definitive study of the great revolutionary leader written by an outstanding Harvard historian.

Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution by Frank McLynn – Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2000.  This stirring book recounts the rise and fall of Mexico’s most famous revolutionaries.

Books on U.S./Mexico Border History & Chicano Studies

The U.S. – Mexican War by Carol and Thomas Christensen – Bay Books, 1998.  Beautifully Illustrated and well researched companion volume to the eye-opening and compelling four hour PBS documentary, “The U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848,” which accurately depicts the dark and tragic episode in which the United States invaded Mexico and ended up taking half of it’s territory.

Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past by William Deverell – UC Press, 2004. This is a must read book that exposes how the history of Los Angeles’ Mexican origins and the travails of its continuing Mexican culture have been hidden by racial deceits and omissions.  Well-documented and highly readable.

El Pueblo: The Historic Heart of Los Angeles by Jean Bruce Poole and Tevvy Ball – Getty Publications, 2002.  Recounts with wonderful illustrations and photos the story of “El Pueblo de Los Angeles” –  the birthplace of the city of Los Angeles.  El Pueblo is one of’ Southern California’s most enduring and complex cultural symbols.

Roots of Chicano Politics, 1600-1940 by Juan Gomez-Quinones – University of New Mexico Press, 1994.  Sweeping synthesis reinterprets from the Mexican perspective the history of the United States borderlands (the lands once belonging to New Spain, and then Mexico: Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada and Utah, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming).

The Mexican Outsiders: A Community History of Marginalization and Discrimination in California by Martha Menchaca – University of Texas Press, 1995.  A well-researched study of the history of racism and discrimination of Mexicans and Mexican- Americans within the microcosm of a small rural town in the U.S. southwest – Santa Paula, California.

Mexican American Labor, 1790-1990 by Juan Gomez-Quinones – University of New Mexico Press, 1994.  A ground-breaking study that documents two centuries of the exploitation of Mexican American workers within the United States, and the history of their attempts to redress economic, ethnic and gender inequality. Dr. Gomez-Quinones is a venerable historian at UCLA.

Chicanos in a Changing Society: From Mexican Pueblos to American Barrios in Santa Barbara and Southern California by Albert Camarillo – Southern Methodist University Press, 2005.

Chicanos in California: A History of Mexican Americans in California by Albert Camarillo – Materials for Today’s Learning Inc., Nevada, 1990.

Fit to be Citizens: Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1940 by Natalia Molina – University of California Press, 2006.

California Vieja: Culture and Memory in a Modern American Place by Phoebe S. Kropp – University of California Press, 2006.

Street Meeting: Multiethnic Neighborhoods in Early Twentieth Century Los Angeles by Mark Wild – University of California Press, 2005.

Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity and Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 by George J. Sanchez – Oxford University Press, 1993.

Books on the History of Methodism

Wesley and the People Called Methodists by Richard P. Heitzenrater – Abingdon Press, 1995.  Important study of John Wesley’s relation to the dynamics of the religious movement that he set into motion.  Heitzenrater is Professor of Church History and Wesley Studies at the Divinity School, Duke University.

Mexican & Border Culture, Art & Music Links

Ward Albro’s Mexico Tours
Michael Heralda
Catalina Delgado Trunk

Lila Downs
El Pueblo Historical Monument

Los Angeles History Documentary Project

Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles – Walter Dominguez’s ground breaking documentary project that examines the cultural and ethnic interactions that transformed Los Angeles from a small Mexican pueblo to a major American and world metropolis.  Based on the acclaimed book Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of its Mexican Past by William Deverell.

Online Archives Links

Anarchy Archives
Calisphere
Online Archive of California
Los Angeles Public Library Archive
Mexconnect
UCLA Chicano Studies Center
California History Resource Guide
CSL – Images – California History Room
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ENLACES Y LIBROS

Lea más sobre los anarquistas mexicanos, la cultura mexicana y su historia, sobre la historia de los estados de Estados Unidos fronterizos con México, y de la gente que contribuyó a este proyecto.

• Libros de Ward S. Albro

To Die on Your Feet: The Life Times and Writing of Praxedis Guerrero by Ward S. Albro -Texas Christian University Press, 1996.  Maravillosa biografía de Práxedis Guerrero, poeta y defensor de los derechos humanos. Un verdadero héroe mexicano.
Always A Rebel: Ricardo Flores Magon and the Mexican Revolution by Ward S. Albro – Texas Christian University Press, 2003.  Estudio sobre Ricardo Flores Magón  y sobre las actividades del Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) en México y en el sudoeste de Estados Unidos.
Day of the Dead: Dia de Muertos by Denis Defibaugh and Ward S. Albro – Texas Christian University Press, 2007. Maravillosas imágenes fotográficas de la tradición mexicana de honorar a los antepasados. Con comentarios incluidos del propio autor.

• Books on Mexican History

Mexico: A Brief History by Alicia Hernandez Chavez – UC Press, 2006. Una excelente obra sobre la extraordinaria historia de Mexico, escrito por una de las historiadoras mas respetadas de México. (Edición en ingles)
Mexico: Biography of Power by Enrique Krauze – Harper Perennial Edition, 1998. Obra enfocada en las figuras históricas más representativas de México. Se lee casi como una novela.
Zapata and the Mexican Revolution by John Womack Jr. – Vintage Books, 1970. Estudio sobre un gran líder y revolucionario, escrito por un excelente historiador de Harvard.
Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution by Frank McLynn – Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2000. Esta conmovedora obra repasa las vidas de los revolucionarios más famosos de México.

• Libros sobre la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México & estudios chicanos

The U.S. – Mexican War by Carol and Thomas Christensen – Bay Books, 1998. Bellamente ilustrado y gran obra educativa que relata el trágico suceso  de la ocupación de México por parte de Estados Unidos, y del traspaso de más de la mitad de su territorio a manos estadounidenses.  El documental producido por el canal PBS, “The U.S. Mexican -War, 1846-1848” se basó en este libro.
Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past by William Deverell – UC Press, 2004. Este libro narra el origen mejicano de Los Ángeles, y su continua cultura mejicana. Bien documentado y de gran lectura.
El Pueblo: The Historic Heart of Los Angeles by Jean Bruce Poole and Tevvy Ball – Getty Publications, 2002. Con maravillosas ilustraciones y fotografías, cuenta la historia del pueblo de Los Ángeles, el lugar de nacimiento de la ciudad de Los Ángeles. El pueblo,  es uno de los lugares más simbólicos y culturales del sur de California.
Roots of Chicano Politics, 1600-1940 by Juan Gomez-Quinones – University of New Mexico Press, 1994.  Desde una perspectiva mejicana, representa la historia de los estados de Estados Unidos que una vez pertenecieron a Nueva España, y luego a México: Tejas, Arizona, Nuevo México, California, Nevada y Utah, y partes de Colorado y Wyoming.
The Mexican Outsiders: A Community History of Marginalization and Discrimination in California by Martha Menchaca – University of Texas Press, 1995. Un estudio basado en la historia de racismo hacia los mexicanos, dentro del microcosmo de una ciudad rural del sudoeste de Estados Unidos, en Santa Paula.
Mexican American Labor, 1790-1990 by Juan Gomez-Quinones – University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Un estudio que documenta más de doscientos años de explotación de los trabajadores mejicano estadounidenses, y el intento de corregir la desigualdad étnica, económica y de género. El profesor Gomez Quinones es un veterano historiador de la UCLA.
Chicanos in a Changing Society: From Mexican Pueblos to American Barrios in Santa Barbara and Southern California by Albert Camarillo – Southern Methodist University Press, 2005.
Chicanos in California: A History of Mexican Americans in California by Albert Camarillo – Materials for Today’s Learning Inc., Nevada, 1990.
Fit to be Citizens: Public Health and Race in Los Angeles, 1879-1940 by Natalia Molina – University of California Press, 2006.
California Vieja: Culture and Memory in a Modern American Place by Phoebe S. Kropp – University of California Press, 2006.
Street Meeting: Multiethnic Neighborhoods in Early Twentieth Century Los Angeles by Mark Wild – University of California Press, 2005.
Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity and Culture and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 by George J. Sanchez – Oxford University Press, 1993.

• Libros sobre la historia del metodismo

Wesley and the People Called Methodists by Richard P. Heitzenrater – Abingdon Press, 1995. Importante estudio sobre los movimientos religiosos implantados por John Wesley. Heitzenrater es un profesor de teología en la universidad Duke University.

• Mexican & Border Culture, Art & Music Links

Ward Albro’s Mexico Tours
Michael Heralda
Catalina Delgado Trunk

Lila Downs
El Pueblo Historical Monument

• Documental de la historia de Los Angeles

Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles – Documental de Walter Domínguez que examina las interacciones culturales y raciales que transformaron la ciudad de Los Ángeles,  que pasó de un pequeño pueblo a ser una gran metrópolis americana y mundial. Basado en el aclamado libro de William Deverell, “Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise  of Los Angeles and the Remaking of its Mexican Past”.

• Enlaces de interés

Anarchy Archives
Calisphere
Online Archive of California
Los Angeles Public Library Archive
Mexconnect
UCLA Chicano Studies Center
California History Resource Guide
CSL – Images – California History Room
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