Remembering Conquest

Omar Valerio-Jiménez is professor of history at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

For more information about Omar Valerio-Jiménez, visit the Author Page.

“Omar 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

"The book’s six chapters describe how Mexican Americans created their own social, political, and cultural scripts to condemn Anglo American racism between the mid-nineteenth century and the late twentieth century."—Pacific Historical Review

"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 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

"This compelling book powerfully explores the profound impact of US imperialism on the Mexican American community. Valerio-Jiménez makes a significant contribution to the ongoing efforts to remember and reframe the US invasion of Mexico, passionately illuminating the enduring consequences of this pivotal moment in history. An indispensable contribution to our collective understanding." —Reyna Grande, author of The Distance Between Us

"An important resource for students and scholars of Chicana/o history, borderlands, the US West, and those interested in the impact of conquests and wars and how they are remembered."—Miroslava Chávez-García, University of California, Santa Barbara