num_pages: 183
description: From the front flap of the "'A love of place, a fierce loyalty to the state, and a desire to advance its power and prestige' -- these characteristics of nationalism describe the feelings of Texans toward their nation-state in the nineteenth century and still persist in half-humorous cliche's about Texas bigness and uniqueness. According to this book, fervent nationalism was both an understandable result of and an important causal factor in Texas history."
language: English
title: A Nation Within a Nation: The Rise of Texas Nationalism
titlecomplete: A Nation Within a Nation: The Rise of Texas Nationalism (SERIES IN AMERICAN STUDIES)
publisher: Kennikat Press