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Gone to Texas

Randolph B. Campbell
Gone to Texas Book PDF

Author : Randolph B. Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 0190642394

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Gone to Texas by Randolph B. Campbell Pdf

Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 10,000 years ago to the opening of the twenty-first century. Focusing on the state's successive waves of immigrants, the book offers an inclusive view of the vast array of Texans who, often in conflict with each other and always in a struggle with the land, created a history and an idea of Texas. An Instructor's Resource Manual and a set of approximately 400 PowerPoint slides to accompany Gone to Texas, Third Edition, are now available to adopters. Please contact your local Oxford University Press representative for details.

The Handbook of Texas

Walter Prescott Webb,Eldon Stephen Branda
The Handbook of Texas Book PDF

Author : Walter Prescott Webb,Eldon Stephen Branda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1176 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Texas
ISBN : UVA:X000451096

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The Handbook of Texas by Walter Prescott Webb,Eldon Stephen Branda Pdf

Vol. 3: A supplement, edited by Eldon Stephen Branda. Includes bibliographical references.

Big Wonderful Thing

Stephen Harrigan
Big Wonderful Thing Book PDF

Author : Stephen Harrigan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292759510

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Big Wonderful Thing by Stephen Harrigan Pdf

The story of Texas is the story of struggle and triumph in a land of extremes. It is a story of drought and flood, invasion and war, boom and bust, and of the myriad peoples who, over centuries of conflict, gave rise to a place that has helped shape the identity of the United States and the destiny of the world. “I couldn’t believe Texas was real,” the painter Georgia O’Keeffe remembered of her first encounter with the Lone Star State. It was, for her, “the same big wonderful thing that oceans and the highest mountains are.” Big Wonderful Thing invites us to walk in the footsteps of ancient as well as modern people along the path of Texas’s evolution. Blending action and atmosphere with impeccable research, New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harrigan brings to life with novelistic immediacy the generations of driven men and women who shaped Texas, including Spanish explorers, American filibusters, Comanche warriors, wildcatters, Tejano activists, and spellbinding artists—all of them taking their part in the creation of a place that became not just a nation, not just a state, but an indelible idea. Written in fast-paced prose, rich with personal observation and a passionate sense of place, Big Wonderful Thing calls to mind the literary spirit of Robert Hughes writing about Australia or Shelby Foote about the Civil War. Like those volumes it is a big book about a big subject, a book that dares to tell the whole glorious, gruesome, epically sprawling story of Texas.

The History of Texas

Anonim
The History of Texas Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118617731

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The History of Texas by Anonim Pdf

The History of Texas is fully revised and updated in this fifth edition to reflect the latest scholarship in its coverage of Texas history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Fully revised to reflect the most recent scholarly findings Offers extensive coverage of twentieth-century Texas history Includes an overview of Texas history up to the Election of 2012 Provides online resources for students and instructors, including a test bank, maps, presentation slides, and more

Exploring Texas History

Elaine L. Galit,Vikk Simmons
Exploring Texas History Book PDF

Author : Elaine L. Galit,Vikk Simmons
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781589792029

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Exploring Texas History by Elaine L. Galit,Vikk Simmons Pdf

Examines the places, people, and events that shaped the history of the state of Texas including the Alamo, cowboys, Buffalo Soldiers, cattle drives, the Civil War, and other interesting features, and contains background information on each site, travel routes, lodging and restaurants, and more.

Texas History

Mary Dodson Wade
Texas History Book PDF

Author : Mary Dodson Wade
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1432911511

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Texas History by Mary Dodson Wade Pdf

Who were the European explorers and settlers of Texas and why did they come to Texas? How did Mexico's independence from Spain affect the development of Texas? What events led to the creation of the Republic of Texas and Texas's annexation to the United States? Find these answers along with all kinds of fascinating, historical facts that tell the story of the state of Texas. In this book, you'll find information about the first American settlers in Texas and what drove them to declare their independence from Mexico. You will learn about Texas's role in the Mexican War and the Civil War. And, you'll learn how cowboys and oil wells came to shape the economy and image of the Lone Star state.

Lone Star

T. R. Fehrenbach
Lone Star Book PDF

Author : T. R. Fehrenbach
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 949 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781497609709

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Lone Star by T. R. Fehrenbach Pdf

The definitive account of the incomparable Lone Star state by the author of Fire & Blood: A History of Mexico. T. R. Fehrenbach is a native Texan, military historian and the author of several important books about the region, but none as significant as this work, arguably the best single volume about Texas ever published. His account of America's most turbulent state offers a view that only an insider could capture. From the native tribes who lived there to the Spanish and French soldiers who wrested the territory for themselves, then to the dramatic ascension of the republic of Texas and the saga of the Civil War years. Fehrenbach describes the changes that disturbed the state as it forged its unique character. Most compelling is the one quality that would remain forever unchanged through centuries of upheaval: the courage of the men and women who struggled to realize their dreams in The Lone Star State.

Discovering Texas History

Bruce A. Glasrud,Light Townsend Cummins,Cary D. Wintz
Discovering Texas History Book PDF

Author : Bruce A. Glasrud,Light Townsend Cummins,Cary D. Wintz
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806147840

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Discovering Texas History by Bruce A. Glasrud,Light Townsend Cummins,Cary D. Wintz Pdf

"'Discovering Texas History' is a historiographical reference book that will be invaluable to teachers, students, and researchers of Texas history. Chapter authors are familiar names in Texas history circles--a 'who's who' of high profile historians. Conceived as a follow-up to the award winning (but increasingly dated) 'A Guide the History of Texas' (1988), 'Discovering Texas History' focuses on the major trends in the study of Texas history since 1990. In part one, topical essays address significant historical themes, from race and gender to the arts and urban history. In part two, chronological essays cover the full span of Texas historiography from the Spanish era to the modern day. In each case, the goal is to analyze and summarize the subjects that have captured the attention of professional historians so that 'Discovering Texas History' will take its place as the standard work on the history of Texas history"--

The History of Texas Music

Gary Hartman
The History of Texas Music Book PDF

Author : Gary Hartman
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603443944

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The History of Texas Music by Gary Hartman Pdf

"The richly diverse ethnic heritage of the Lone Star State has brought to the Southwest a remarkable array of rhythms, instruments, and musical styles that have blended here in unique ways and, in turn, have helped shape the music of the nation and the world." "Historian Gary Hartman writes knowingly and lovingly of the Lone Star State's musical traditions. In the first thorough survey of the vast and complex cultural mosaic that has produced what we know today as "Texas music," he paints a broad, panoramic view, offers analysis of the origins of and influences on specific genres, profiles key musicians, and provides guidance to additional sources for further information." "A musician himself, Hartman draws on both academic and non-academic sources to give a more complete understanding of the state's remarkable musical heritage. He combines scholarly training in music history and ethnic community studies with his first-hand knowledge of how important music is as a cultural medium through which human beings communicate information, ideas, emotions, values, and beliefs, and bond together as friends, families, and communities." "The History of Texas Music incorporates a selection of well-chosen photographs of both prominent and less-well-known artists and describes not only the ethnic origins of much of Texas music but also the cross-pollination among various genres. Today, the music of Texas - which includes Native American music, gospel, blues, ragtime, swing, jazz, rhythm and blues, conjunto, Tejano, cajun, zydeco, western swing, honky tonk, polkas, schottisches, rock & roll, rap, hip hop, and more - reflects the unique cultural dynamics of the Southwest."--Jacket

How Myth Became History

John Emory Dean
How Myth Became History Book PDF

Author : John Emory Dean
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780816532421

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How Myth Became History by John Emory Dean Pdf

"The book explores how border subjects have been created and disputed in cultural narratives of the Texas-Mexico border, comparing and analyzing Mexican, Mexican American, and Anglo literary representations of the border"--Provided by publisher.

Texas History Stories

Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn
Texas History Stories Book PDF

Author : Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)
ISBN : WISC:89072961758

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Texas History Stories by Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn Pdf

Relates the stories of thirteen heroes or events in nineteenth-century Texas history, including Cabeza de Vaca, Sam Houston and the Alamo.

Cult of Glory

Doug J. Swanson
Cult of Glory Book PDF

Author : Doug J. Swanson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101979884

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Cult of Glory by Doug J. Swanson Pdf

“Swanson has done a crucial public service by exposing the barbarous side of the Rangers.” —The New York Times Book Review A twenty-first century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does justice to their heroic moments while also documenting atrocities, brutality, oppression, and corruption The Texas Rangers came to life in 1823, when Texas was still part of Mexico. Nearly 200 years later, the Rangers are still going--one of the most famous of all law enforcement agencies. In Cult of Glory, Doug J. Swanson has written a sweeping account of the Rangers that chronicles their epic, daring escapades while showing how the white and propertied power structures of Texas used them as enforcers, protectors and officially sanctioned killers. Cult of Glory begins with the Rangers' emergence as conquerors of the wild and violent Texas frontier. They fought the fierce Comanches, chased outlaws, and served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. As Texas developed, the Rangers were called upon to catch rustlers, tame oil boomtowns, and patrol the perilous Texas-Mexico border. In the 1930s they began their transformation into a professionally trained police force. Countless movies, television shows, and pulp novels have celebrated the Rangers as Wild West supermen. In many cases, they deserve their plaudits. But often the truth has been obliterated. Swanson demonstrates how the Rangers and their supporters have operated a propaganda machine that turned agency disasters and misdeeds into fables of triumph, transformed murderous rampages--including the killing of scores of Mexican civilians--into valorous feats, and elevated scoundrels to sainthood. Cult of Glory sets the record straight. Beginning with the Texas Indian wars, Cult of Glory embraces the great, majestic arc of Lone Star history. It tells of border battles, range disputes, gunslingers, massacres, slavery, political intrigue, race riots, labor strife, and the dangerous lure of celebrity. And it reveals how legends of the American West--the real and the false--are truly made.

Women in Texas History

Angela Boswell
Women in Texas History Book PDF

Author : Angela Boswell
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781623497071

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Women in Texas History by Angela Boswell Pdf

Winner, 2019 Liz Carpenter Award, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) In recent decades, a small but growing number of historians have dedicated their tireless attention to analyzing the role of women in Texas history. Each contribution—and there have been many—represents a brick in the wall of new Texas history. From early Native societies to astronauts, Women in Texas History assembles those bricks into a carefully crafted structure as the first book to cover the full scope of Texas women’s history. By emphasizing the differences between race and ethnicity, Angela Boswell uses three broad themes to tie together the narrative of women in Texas history. First, the physical and geographic challenges of Texas as a place significantly affected women’s lives, from the struggles of isolated frontier farming to the opportunities and problems of increased urbanization. Second, the changing landscape of legal and political power continued to shape women’s lives and opportunities, from the ballot box to the courthouse and beyond. Finally, Boswell demonstrates the powerful influence of social and cultural forces on the identity, agency, and everyday life of women in Texas. In challenging male-dominated legal and political systems, Texan women shaped (and were shaped by) class, religion, community organizations, literary and artistic endeavors, and more. Women in Texas History is the first book to narrate the entire span of Texas women’s history and marks a major achievement in telling the full story of the Lone Star State. Historians and general readers alike will find this book an informative and enjoyable read for anyone interested in the history of Texas or the history of women.

Seeds of Empire

Andrew J. Torget
Seeds of Empire Book PDF

Author : Andrew J. Torget
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469624259

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Seeds of Empire by Andrew J. Torget Pdf

By the late 1810s, a global revolution in cotton had remade the U.S.-Mexico border, bringing wealth and waves of Americans to the Gulf Coast while also devastating the lives and villages of Mexicans in Texas. In response, Mexico threw open its northern territories to American farmers in hopes that cotton could bring prosperity to the region. Thousands of Anglo-Americans poured into Texas, but their insistence that slavery accompany them sparked pitched battles across Mexico. An extraordinary alliance of Anglos and Mexicans in Texas came together to defend slavery against abolitionists in the Mexican government, beginning a series of fights that culminated in the Texas Revolution. In the aftermath, Anglo-Americans rebuilt the Texas borderlands into the most unlikely creation: the first fully committed slaveholders' republic in North America. Seeds of Empire tells the remarkable story of how the cotton revolution of the early nineteenth century transformed northeastern Mexico into the western edge of the United States, and how the rise and spectacular collapse of the Republic of Texas as a nation built on cotton and slavery proved to be a blueprint for the Confederacy of the 1860s.

The Natural History of Texas

Brian R. Chapman,Eric G. Bolen
The Natural History of Texas Book PDF

Author : Brian R. Chapman,Eric G. Bolen
Publisher : Integrative Natural History Se
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1623495725

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The Natural History of Texas by Brian R. Chapman,Eric G. Bolen Pdf

From two veteran ecologists comes a new and sweeping exploration of the natural history of Texas in all its biological diversity and geological variation. Few states, if any, can match Texas for its myriad species, past and present, and its many distinctive landscapes, from prairie grasslands and hardwood forests to coastal lagoons and desert mountains. Beginning with the stories of how biologists and naturalists have over time defined the ecological areas of this very big state, the authors visit each of the eleven regions, including the Texas coast. They describe the dominant flora and fauna of each, explain the defining geologic features, and highlight each region's unique characteristics, such as carnivorous plants in the Piney Woods and returning black bears in the Trans-Pecos. Throughout, the authors remain especially conscious of the conservation and management issues affecting the natural resources of each region, revealing their deep affection for and knowledge about the state. Bolstered by a glossary, further reading suggestions, a description of state symbols, and an appendix of scientific names, this is an educational and essential volume for all Texans. ECOREGIONS Piney Woods Post Oak Savanna Blackland Prairies Cross Timbers and Prairies Rolling Plains Edwards Plateau High Plains Trans-Pecos South Texas Brushland Coastal Prairies Texas Gulf Coast