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The surprising story of how the children of the vanquished retained their rights and privileges in colonial Mexico.

Examines the two great 'journeys' of Cabeza de Vacahis. His travels are amazing in themselves, but during them he transformed from a proud Spanish don to lay advocate of Indian rights on both American continents. That journey is as remarkable as his travels.

Begins with the death of six young people—three in Mexico, two in the United States, and one in Spain. All are admitted to heaven by St. Peter and given special assignments to interview six important personages in the conquest of Mexico: Hernando Cortés, Pedro de Alvarado, and Martín López, Doña Marina, Isabel Moctezuma, and Leonor Cortés Moctezuma. The six messengers are returned to life and placed in the century of conquest with specific ass...

Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to sixteenth-century encounters between Europeans and Indians who contested control over a vast land. This title presents the discoveries about Texas history since 1990. It contains a chapter on Texas Indians that reveals their high degree of independence from European influence.

The authors also devote a chapter to the women of Spanish Texas, drawing on scarce historical clues to tell the stories of both well-known and previously unknown Tejana, Indian, and African women. Donald E. Chipman is Professor of History at the University of North Texas in Denton. Harriett Denise Joseph is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville in partnership with Texas Southmost College.

In Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas, Donald Chipman and Harriett Joseph combined dramatic, real-life incidents, biographical sketches, and historical background to reveal the real human beings behind the legendary figures who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821. Drawing from their earlier book and adapting the language and subject matter to the reading level and interests of middle and high school students, ...