Contested empire
Subtitle: rethinking the Texas Revolution
By: edited by Sam W. Haynes and Gerald D. Saxon ; introduction by Gregg Cantrell ; contributors: Eric Schlereth, Sam W. Haynes, Miguel Soto, Will Fowler, Amy S. Greenberg
Contributors: University of Texas at Arlington
Edition: First edition.
Series: Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures -- number forty-six; Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures -- 46.
Publisher: Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781623493097; 9781623493103
Subjects: Politics and government; Annexation to the United States; Relations; Political aspects; Irredentism; Ethnic relations; History
Notes: Published on occasion of the 48th Annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture, held at the University of Texas at Arlington in March, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Voluntary Mexicans: allegiance and the origins of the Texas Revolution / Eric Schlereth; title: "Imitating the example of our forefathers" : the Texas Revolution as historical re-enactment / Sam W. Haynes; title: Politics and profits: Mexican officials and land speculation in Texas, 1824-1835 / Miguel Soto; title: The Texan Revolution of 1835-1836 and early Mexican nationalism / Will Fowler; title: "Time's noblest empire is the last" : Texas annexation in the presumed course of American empire / Amy S. Greenberg.