{"id":16451,"date":"2011-09-22T22:14:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T22:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=16451"},"modified":"2016-10-30T16:17:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-30T16:17:55","slug":"pio-pico-the-last-governor-of-mexican-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=16451","title":{"rendered":"Pio Pico: The Last Governor of Mexican California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pio Pico: The Last Governor of Mexican California<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

University of Oklahoma Press<\/a>
\n2010
\n256 pages
\n5.5″ x 8.5″, Illustrations: 7 B&W Illus.
\nHardcover ISBN: 9780806140902
\nPaperback ISBN: 9780806142371<\/p>\n

Carlos Manuel Salomon<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies
\nCalifornia State University, East Bay<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The first biography of a politically savvy Californio who straddled three eras<\/em><\/p>\n

Two-time governor of Alta California<\/a> and prominent businessman after the U.S. annexation, P\u00edo de Jesus Pico<\/a> was a politically savvy Californio<\/a> who thrived in both the Mexican and the American periods. This is the first biography of Pico, whose life vibrantly illustrates the opportunities and risks faced by Mexican Americans in those transitional years.<\/p>\n

Carlos Manuel Salomon breathes life into the story of Pico, who\u2014despite his mestizo<\/a>-black heritage\u2014became one of the wealthiest men in California<\/a> thanks to real estate holdings and who was the last major Californio political figure with economic clout. Salomon traces Pico\u2019s complicated political rise during the Mexican era, leading a revolt against the governor in 1831 that swept him into that office. During his second governorship in 1845 Pico fought in vain to save California from the invading forces of the United States.<\/p>\n

Pico faced complex legal and financial problems under the American regime. Salomon argues that it was Pico\u2019s legal struggles with political rivals and land-hungry swindlers that ultimately resulted in the loss of Pico\u2019s entire fortune. Yet as the most litigious Californio of his time, he consistently demonstrated his refusal to become a victim.<\/p>\n

Pico is an important transitional figure whose name still resonates in many Southern California locales. His story offers a new view of California history that anticipates a new perspective on the multicultural fabric of the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pio Pico: The Last Governor of Mexican California University of Oklahoma Press 2010 256 pages 5.5″ x 8.5″, Illustrations: 7 B&W Illus. Hardcover ISBN: 9780806140902 Paperback ISBN: 9780806142371 Carlos Manuel Salomon, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies California State University, East Bay The first biography of a politically savvy Californio who straddled three eras Two-time governor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1245,11,21,459,8,103,17,20],"tags":[455,7605,7604,7606,20753,7607,7608,1770],"class_list":["post-16451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-books","category-latincarib","category-history","category-media-archive","category-mexico","category-monographs","category-usa","tag-california","tag-carlos-m-salomon","tag-carlos-manuel-salomon","tag-carlos-salomon","tag-mexico","tag-pio-de-jesus-pico","tag-pio-pico","tag-university-of-oklahoma-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49668,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16451\/revisions\/49668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}