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Andrés Reséndez

アンドレス・レスエンデス

Andres Resendez

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Mexico City, Mexico (raised)
Nationality
Mexico, United States
Languages
Spanish, English
Residence History
Mexico City, Mexico (raised) → New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Yale University) → Helsinki, Finland (University of Helsinki) → Davis, California, USA (University of California, Davis)

Career

Occupations
Historian, Professor
Active Years
1997-
Affiliations
Yale University, University of Helsinki, University of California, Davis

Education

El Colegio de México
International Relations
Degree: B.A.
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: Mexico
Bachelor's degree in International Relations
University of Chicago
History
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1997
Country: United States
Ph.D. in History

Awards

Bancroft Prize
2017
Work: The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
Organization: Columbia University
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery

2021 History / Maritime history

Traces an almost unknown mariner and a final great voyage of the Age of Discovery, exploring the significance of Pacific exploration.

explorationmaritime historyimperialism

The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America

2016 History / Indigenous history

Investigates the systems and long-term consequences of Indigenous enslavement in the Americas, making visible a largely overlooked history of slavery.

slaveryIndigenous historycolonialismborderlands

A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca

2007 History / Exploration narrative

Through the harrowing journey of 16th-century explorer Cabeza de Vaca, it examines frontier life and complex cultural encounters during the colonial era.

explorationcultural contactsurvival

Changing National Identities at the Frontier: Texas and New Mexico, 1800–1850

2005 Scholarly history / Borderlands history

Analyzes the relationship between borders and nationhood by examining shifting identities in Texas and New Mexico between 1800 and 1850.

borderlandsidentitynationalism

Caught Between Profits and Rituals: National Contestation in Texas and New Mexico, 1821–1848

1997 Scholarly history

Studies how economic interests and ritual/cultural practices interacted in the national contestations of Texas and New Mexico.

economic historycultural historyborderlands

Bibliography

  • Conquering the Pacific: An Unknown Mariner and the Final Great Voyage of the Age of Discovery (2021)
  • The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America (2016)
  • A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca (2007)
  • Changing National Identities at the Frontier: Texas and New Mexico, 1800–1850 (2005)
  • A Texas Patriot on Trial in Mexico: José Antonio Navarro and the Texan Santa Fe Expedition (ed. & trans., 2005)
  • Caught Between Profits and Rituals: National Contestation in Texas and New Mexico, 1821–1848 (1997)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly yet accessible narrative historycareful analysis of primary sources
Recurring Motifs
borderlandscolonialism and its effectsemphasis on Indigenous perspectives

Legacy

Reséndez has prompted reexamination of American history through his borderlands and Indigenous-focused scholarship. The Other Slavery impacted both academic and public understanding and gained wider recognition with the Bancroft Prize.

Academic Societies

  • Organization of American Historians (related lectures)

Archives

  • DeGolyer Library (Southern Methodist University) holdings
  • University of California, Davis archives (related materials)

Trivia

  • While a graduate student he worked as a consultant for historical television dramas.
  • Raised in Mexico City; earned a Ph.D. in the United States and teaches at UC Davis.
  • Won the Bancroft Prize in 2017 for The Other Slavery.