The history of Texas /
Calvert, Robert A.
De León, Arnoldo,1945-
Cantrell, Gregg,1958-
Wheeling, Ill. : Harlan Davidson,
c2007.
[This text] presents the ... story of the various peoples who have inhabited the land known as Texas. Readers of this book will gain an understanding of the forces of cause and effect that have shaped the disparate pasts of different groups within the state as well as the heritage shared by all Texans. They will also develop an appreciation for the dynamic interpretations that scholars give to historical movements and specific events.-Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contact of civilizations -- Spaniards in a Far Northern "frontera" -- Mexican Texas, 1821-1836 -- Launching a nation, 1836-1848 -- Statehood, secession, and Civil War -- Reconstruction, republicanism, and "redemption" -- Frontier society in transition -- Texas in the age of agrarian discontent -- Early twentieth-century Texas -- Progressivism in Texas -- Texas and the Great Depression -- From Pearl Harbor through the 1960s, Texas at midcentury -- Emergence of modern Texas politics -- Texas in transition.
[This text] presents the ... story of the various peoples who have inhabited the land known as Texas. Readers of this book will gain an understanding of the forces of cause and effect that have shaped the disparate pasts of different groups within the state as well as the heritage shared by all Texans. They will also develop an appreciation for the dynamic interpretations that scholars give to historical movements and specific events.-Pref.