HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: South African Americans, Tejano, Soil Fertility
22 Sep 2016
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Across new borders: social, cultural, and political change, 1824-1854 . Texas could be divided into northern and southern texas, with different societies in each regions. Texas has groups and these groups impacted each other. Presence of more than one group changes the views and perception of society. Crossing of a border, adapting to nearby societies and their culture, not completely joining or becoming the other society. Borders can be crossed, can be physical or cultural. Becomes clear in a comparative setting: comparing texas and mississippi mississippi does not have as many borders or cultural groups as texas, it is a different place. Mississippi has primarily only anglos and african americans. Cultural change attitudes, memories, ideologies, and identity. Tejano population has declined while the african, anglo, and immigrant population has greatly increased. Dynamics of texas are different than before, overarching trend: Texas is aligning more like a place of mississippi.
