Sea la luz the making of Mexican Protestantism in the American Southwest, 1829-1900 - Martinez, Juan Francisco, 1957-; NetLibrary, Inc. (Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2006)
"Planting the institutions of freedom" -- Protestant attitudes toward the conquest of the Southwest -- "Unfit for the duties and privileges of citizens" -- Anglo American Protestant attitudes toward the Mexicans of the Southwest -- "Making good citizens out of the Mexicans" -- Motivations for Protestant mission work among Mexican Americans -- "Yet many do not declare themselves for fear" -- Protestant mission efforts prior to the Civil War -- "Teaching them to be law-abiding, industrious and thrifty citizens" -- Mexican American Protestantism in Texas -- "A slumbering people" -- Mexican American Protestantism in the territory of New Mexico -- "Doing what he could" -- Mexican American Protestantism in Colorado, the territory of Arizona, and California -- "A power for the uplifting of the Mexican race" -- Characteristics of the nineteenth-century Mexican American Protestant community -- Conclusion : beginnings of a new subculture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-187) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Mexican American Protestants -- Southwest, New -- History -- 19th century; Southwest, New -- Church history -- 19th century; Electronic books