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Gone to Texas : A History of the Lone Star State

ISBN: 9780195138436 | 0195138430
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 2/12/2004

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Gone to Texas 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 ofTexans who, often in conflict with each other and always in a struggle with the land, created a history and an idea of Texas. Striking a balance between revisionist and traditional approaches to history, author Randolph B. Campbell tells the stories of the col... MORE
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONSvi
PREFACEix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSxi
1. The First Texans
1(23)
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2. Exploration and Adventure, 1519-1689
24(25)
3. Spanish Texas, 1690-1779
49(27)
4. Spanish Texas in the Age of Revolutions, 1779-1821
76(24)
5. Mexican Texas, 1821-1835
100(28)
6. The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
128(31)
7. The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846
159(28)
8. Frontier Texas, 1846-1861
187(20)
9. Empire State of the South, 1846-1861
207(32)
10. The Civil War, 1861-1865239(29)
11. Reconstruction, 1865-1876268(22)
12. Old West and New South, 1865-1890290(34)
13. An Era of Reform, 1891-1920324(36)
14. The "Prosperity Decade" and the Great Depression, 1921-1941360(36)
15. World War II and The Rise of Modern Texas, 1941-1971396(42)
16. Modern Texas, 1971-2001438(30)
Conclusion: Texas in the New Millennium468(4)
APPENDIX 1472(1)
APPENDIX 2473(4)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY477(9)
INDEX486
Randolph B. Campbell is Professor of History at the University of North Texas.

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