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Book Review

Remembering the Alamo: Memory, Modernity, and the Master Symbol. By Richard R. Flores. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. xxi + 192 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $40.00, cloth; $17.95, paper.)

     No doubt that the Alamo is a symbol. Like all symbols, however, its meaning lies in the eye of the beholder. To author Richard R. Flores, the Alamo represents "the exploitation and displacement of Mexicans, legitimized by the Texas Modern" (p. 160). 1
     Flores defines the Texas Modern as the period in Texas history from 1880 to 1920 in which traditional socioeconomic activities like ranching and agriculture were replaced by commerce and industry. As a result, only those with ready capital and the correct ethnicity were able to take advantage of the new opportunities that emerged. Thus, contends Flores, Anglo Texans emerged on top of the state's socioeconomic hierarchy. . . .

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