Description |
1 online resource (x, 238 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE
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Contents |
Introduction : San Antonio's pedestrian rhetoric -- Battle of flowers : women and San Antonio's public culture, 1891-1900 -- The Order of the Alamo : heritage and Spring Carnival, 1900-27 -- Night in old San Antonio : the San Antonio Conservation Society, 1924-48 -- Juan Q. Public : Reynolds Andricks and the Fiesta San Jacinto Association, 1950-70 -- Rey Feo and the politics of inclusion, 1970-2000 -- Fiesta rowdiness : la Semana de Carnaval |
Summary |
The story of how the multicultural identity of San Antonio, Texas, has been shaped and polished through its annual fiesta since the late nineteenth century |
Notes |
"Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-232) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
SUBJECT |
Fiesta San Antonio (San Antonio, Tex.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00077568
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Fiesta San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas) fast |
Subject |
Festivals -- Texas -- San Antonio
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Holidays (non-religious)
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Festivals
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Manners and customs
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SUBJECT |
San Antonio (Tex.) -- Social life and customs
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Subject |
Texas -- San Antonio
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.
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LC no. |
2007042908 |
ISBN |
9780826343123 |
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0826343120 |
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1283636670 |
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9781283636674 |
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6613949132 |
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9786613949134 |
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