Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861

Ramos wants to prove that the Texas Revolution, the battle of the Alamo, and the Mexican War and its aftermath were significant for the ways they expressed a hardy sense of Mexican identity that was steeped in Spanish history, the colonial experience, and discrete regional conditions and that generated a strong sense of independence. The Freedonian rebellion of 1826 exacerbated growing tensions between the Mexican government and Anglo immigrants and initiated a chain of events that ended with Texas independence.