Andrés Reséndez Explained

In 2017, Reséndez won the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy for .^{[1] [2]}

Early life

Reséndez grew up in Mexico City.^[3]

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.
• , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
• 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

• Slavery in the colonial history of the United States
• Population history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
• Slavery among the indigenous peoples of the Americas
• Slavery in New Spain

External links

• Andres Resendez on C-SPAN
• Faculty profile for University of California, Davis

Notes and References

1. Web site: LAURELS: Reséndez Wins Bancroft Prize. 21 March 2017.
2. Web site: The new book 'The Other Slavery' will make you rethink American history - Los Angeles Times. Treuer. David. Los Angeles Times. 13 May 2016. 2018-10-29.
3. Web site: Organization of American Historians: Andrés Reséndez. www.oah.org. en. 2018-10-29.