Chapter 3: Mexican San Diego

Resources

Books to Read

A history of Mexican California written by a Mexican Californian.

Antonio María Osio. The History of Alta California: A Memoir of Mexican California. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996.

A very comprehensive overview of all of the Southwest in this period.

David J. Weber, The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846: The American Southwest Under Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982.

Memoirs of Pico, the last Mexican governor, who grew up in San Diego.

Don Pío. Pico's Historical Narrative, trans. Arthur P. Botello. Glendale: The Arthur Clark Company, 1973.

Websites

• Fact Cards on the California Ranchos

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