Andrés Reséndez
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Andrés Reséndez is a historian at the University of California, Davis. His specialties are Mexican history, early exploration and colonization of the Americas and the Pacific Ocean, and borderlands history.[1][2][3]
In 2017, Reséndez won the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy for The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America.[4][5]
Early life[]
Reséndez grew up in Mexico City.[6]
Education and career[]
He received his Bachelor's degree in International relations at el Colegio de México in 1992 and worked in the Mexican government briefly around that time. In 1997, he received his Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago. During his years as a graduate student, Reséndez served as a consultant for historical soap operas. He went on to teach at Yale University and University of Helsinki. He is currently a professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Davis.
Books[]
- Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
- Resendez, Andres (2016). The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 448. ISBN 0544602676.
- A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca, Basic Books, 2007.
- Changing National Identities at the Frontier: Texas and New Mexico, 1800–1850, Cambridge University Press. 2005.
- A Texas Patriot on Trial in Mexico: José Antonio Navarro and the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Andrés Reséndez. Dallas: DeGolyer Library/Clements Center for Southwest Studies, 2005.
- Caught Between Profits and Rituals: National Contestation in Texas and New Mexico, 1821–1848, University of Chicago, 1997
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2010-02-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Indian Slavery Once Thrived in New Mexico. Latinos Are Finding Family Ties to It". Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ^ "There's Nothing New about the "New Slavery"". Process: a blog for american history. 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ^ https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/laurels-resendez-wins-bancroft-prize
- ^ Treuer, David. "The new book 'The Other Slavery' will make you rethink American history - Los Angeles Times". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ^ "Organization of American Historians: Andrés Reséndez". www.oah.org. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
External links[]
- Andres Resendez on C-SPAN
- Faculty profile for University of California, Davis
- University of California, Davis faculty
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- Historians of the United States
- Historians of Mexico
- Historians of Texas
- University of Chicago alumni
- El Colegio de México alumni
- Living people
- Bancroft Prize winners
- American male non-fiction writers
- American historian stubs