San Antonio de Béxar
Subtitle: a community on New Spain's northern frontier
By: Jesús F. de la Teja.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Spaniards -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History.; Mexicans -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History.; Community life -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History.; San Antonio (Tex.) -- History.; San Antonio (Tex.) -- Social conditions.
Description: This history explores eighteenth-century San Antonio de Bexar, a northern Spanish colonial community from which modern San Antonio, Texas developed. Its early history was one of isolation and often of neglect, but many of the settlers, veterans of frontier colonies farther south, founded San Antonio on centuries-old Spanish institutions.

These colonists often competed and feuded with one another in the early years, but frontier political and economic forces molded them into a single, cohesive community by the end of the eighteenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Wilderness outpost; title: The people of Béxar; title: Building a frontier town; title: Wealth of the land; title: Ranching frontier; title: Making a living; title: Building a frontier community; title: Conclusion.