political history, and by focusing more on social history the information on women and working classes could have been made more prominent. Mazon wrote that the book, "a richness and mastery of sources that is compelling", "further establishes De Leon's position in the forefront of Chicano historians, and certainly at the top of Chicano historians of Téjanos". Richard Garcia wrote that the book "is an excellent example of a study of ethnicity within the emerging reality of Sun Belt politics where community emerges as a metaphor for biculturalism." See also History of Mexican Americans in Houston Non-fiction about Mexican-Americans in Houston: Brown, Not White The Church in the Barrio Fiction about Mexican-Americans in Houston: What Can't Wait References García, Mario T. (Yale University). "Ethnicity in the Sunbelt: A History of the Mexican Americans in Houston" (Archive). Pacific Historical Review, Feb, 1991, Vol.60(1), p. 123(3) [Peer Reviewed Journal] Rodriguez, Joseph A. (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee). "Mexicans in U.S. Cities: New Perspectives." (includes review of Ethnicity in the Sunbelt and four other books). Journal of Urban History, August, 1994, Vol.20(4), p. 554(10) [Peer Reviewed Journal] - DOI 10.1177/009614429402000407 Notes 1989 non-fiction books University of Houston History of Houston Mexican-American history Mexican-American culture in Houston Mexican-American literature Books about Houston Texas A&M University Press books Books about race and ethnicity