El Cinco de Mayo : an American tradition

El Cinco de Mayo : an American tradition / David E. Hayes-Bautista.

"Why is Cinco de Mayo--a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862--so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As David E. Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an Amer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayes-Bautista, David E., 1945- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Hispanic Americans > California > History > 19th century.
Hispanic Americans > California > Ethnic identity.
Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday) > Social aspects > United States.
Puebla, Battle of, Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1862.
Puebla, Battle of, Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1862 > Social aspects > United States.
Puebla, Battle of, Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, 1862 > Press coverage > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Holidays (non-religious)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity
Press coverage
Social aspects
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
California
Mexico > Puebla de Zaragoza
United States
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • Before the American Civil War
  • The first battle of Puebla, 1862
  • The American Civil War and the second battle of Puebla
  • The juntas patrióticas mejicanas blossom
  • War, three fronts
  • Shaping and reshaping the Cinco de Mayo, 1868-2011.

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