Remembering Conquest

“Valerio-Jiménez develops an important intellectual and cultural analysis of Mexican American life and war memory following the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. . . . [His] use of historical memory to understand ethnic Mexican oppression, mobilization, and identity-making allows scholars to bridge connections between historical eras usually understood as separate entities and asserts agency to historical actors, resulting in a crucial addition to the historiography of the U.S. Southwest.”—Western Historical Quarterly

“Remembering Conquest is an exciting invitation to rethink the complex, sometimes contradictory relationship between history and memory, and to reflect on the ways in which how we remember the past conditions the present and shapes how we imagine and build the future.”—Hispanic American Historical Review

“Valerio-Jiménez’s intervention is a timely reminder of the enduring legacies of conflict stemming from war memories.”—Public Books

“Valerio-Jiménez has tackled a foundational subject in Chicanx Studies for which no book existed. Expanding on collective memories, this book will prove an enduring foundation for the study of United States and Texas imperialism.”—Southwestern Historical Quarterly

“Remembering Conquest fills in the wide gap in historical knowledge about the Mexican American experience and its role in civil rights history. For the journalism historian, the book offers an introduction to many early Spanish-languages newspapers, journalists, and editors whose stories have long been largely overlooked in the canon of American journalism history."—American Journalism

“Valerio-Jiménez has offered us an exceptionally well-researched investigation into the ways Mexican Americans used the memory of conquest and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to push for civil rights in the US Southwest. His work is an important reminder of the impact of legal agreements and their capacity to shape communities, identities, and collective memories across generations.”—American Journal of Legal History

“Remembering Conquest is a timely contribution to the growing body of Chicanx and Latinx intellectual history. . . . To this point, no other work exists with such a focused examination of how ethnic Mexicans’ memories of the United States/Mexico War and the Treaty of Guadalupe of Hidalgo shaped the project of civil rights.”—Journal of Texas History

“Valerio-Jiménez’s research not only analyzes various types of archival texts, but also draws on scholarship from multiple disciplines, including sociology, literary studies, political science and legal scholarship. . . . [A] rich study that presents a valuable resource to scholars in a variety of fields committed to the advancement of counter-narratives and collective memories that challenge (national) public memories.”—Latino Studies

“Remembering Conquest offers a remarkably comprehensive cultural and intellectual history on the politics of memory as it pertains to the US-Mexico War. . . . [The book] covers significant historical ground with sharp and careful attention to the politics of memory . . . as well as memory’s role in struggling for a more just world. . . . [C]ritical.”—American Historical Review

"Remembering Conquest give voices to the various generations of Mexican Americans who employed the memory of the [U.S.-Mexico War and subsequent treaty to champion their rights as citizens of the United States and not simply become forgotten victims of the war. . . . A recommended study on how the memory of the war and the empty promises of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo became a cornerstone of the Mexican American civil rights movement.”—Journal of the Civil War Era