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Texas

by: Richardson, Rupert N.; Anderson, Adrian; Wintz, Cary D.; Wallace, Ernest

Texas

by: Richardson, Rupert N.; Anderson, Adrian; Wintz, Cary D.; Wallace, Ernest

ISBN 13:
9780130284143
ISBN 10:
0130284149
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2001
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Summary

For one/two-semester, freshman/junior-level courses in Texas History. Written in narrative style, this comprehensive, general survey of Texas historyfrom early times to the presentoffers a balanced, scholarly presentation of all eras and topics.

Preface

The Country and Its Native Peoples

(20)

The Land

(4)

Rivers

(2)

The Climate

(1)

Prehistoric Peoples

(1)

The Native Peoples

(9)

Bibliography

(2)

Exploration and Occupation, 1519--1763

(25)

The Spanish Empire

(1)

Exploration

(3)

The Challenge of the French: La Salle

(1)

The First Missions in East Texas

(2)

The Return of the Spanish to East Texas

(3)

Expansion: Nuevo Santander

(1)

Expansion: On the Coast and in the Hills

(4)

Life in Spanish Texas: The Missions

(2)

Political and Military Affairs

(1)

Life in the Civil Settlements

(3)

Bibliography

(4)

Spanish Texas, 1763--1821

(17)

Texas After the Spanish Acquisition of Louisiana

(3)

Spain, Texas, and the United States

(2)

The First Anglo-Americans in Texas

(2)

The Beginning of the Mexican Revolution

(1)

Revolutionary Times in Texas

(4)

A New Era: The Beginnings of Foreign Immigration

(2)

A New Nation: Mexico

(1)

The Legacies of Spanish Rule

(1)

Bibliography

(2)

Texas Under Mexican Rule

(22)

The Empire of Mexico

(1)

The Old Three Hundred

(2)

The Republic of Mexico

(2)

A New Colonization Program

(1)

Expansion of Colonization

(2)

The Fredonian Rebellion

(1)

The Law of April 6, 1830

(2)

Colonization Under the Law

(2)

The Peoples of Mexican Texas

(2)

Government in Mexican Texas

(3)

Colonial Institutions

(2)

Bibliography

(3)

The Prelude to Revolution, 1826--1835

(17)

Early Troubles

(1)

The Disturbances of 1831 and 1832

(4)

The Conventions of 1832 and 1833

(1)

Austin's Journey to Mexico City

(1)

Santa Anna and the Politics of Mexico (1833--1835)

(2)

Affairs in Coahuila and Texas (1833--1835)

(1)

The Crisis of 1835

(3)

Why Revolution?

(2)

Bibliography

100

(2)

The Texas Revolution, 1835--1836

102

(29)

The Beginning of the Revolution

102

(3)

The Consultation

105

(3)

Failure of the Provisional Government

108

(1)

The Alamo

109

(4)

The Birth of the Republic

113

(2)

The War in South Texas

115

(2)

Retreat

117

(3)

The Battle of San Jacinto

120

(2)

After San Jacinto

122

(2)

Aid for the Revolution

124

(2)

The Texas Navy

126

(1)

Bibliography

127

(4)

The Republic of Texas, 1836--1845

131

(26)

The Election of 1836

131

(1)

Houston and the New Nation (1836--1838)

132

(3)

The Young Republic and Foreign Affairs (1836--1838)

135

(2)

Lamar's Administration (1838--1841)

137

(3)

Foreign Affairs (1838--1841)

140

(2)

Houston's Second Administration (1841--1844)

142

(1)

Houston and Mexico (1841--1844)

143

(3)

Houston and the Quest for Annexation (1842--1844)

146

(1)

Population Growth in the Republic

146

(1)

Tejano Experiences in the Republic of Texas

147

(2)

The Empresario System of the Republic

149

(2)

The Advance of the Frontier

151

(1)

Annexation Achieved

152

(2)

Bibliography

154

(3)

Early Statehood, 1846--1861

157

(25)

The Establishment of State Government

157

(1)

The War with Mexico

158

(4)

The Texas-New Mexico Boundary Controversy

162

(3)

Settlement of the Debt of the Republic

165

(1)

The Politics of Early Statehood

166

(4)

Immigration and Extension of Settlement

170

(1)

Tejanos and the Settlement of South and West Texas

171

(2)

The Growth of Slavery

173

(1)

Opponents of Slavery

174

(1)

Explorating West Texas

175

(1)

The Indian Frontier

176

(2)

Bibliography

178

(4)

Pioneer Institutions

182

(27)

The People

182

(2)

Occupations

184

(2)

Slavery and the Plantation System

186

(3)

Life on the Farms

189

(1)

The Towns

190

(2)

Transportation

192

(3)

Health

195

(1)

Amusements

196

(1)

Law and Order

197

(2)

Education

199

(2)

Newspapers, Literature, and Art

201

(1)

Religion

202

(2)

Bibliography

204

(5)

Secession and War, 1860--1865

209

(25)

Prelude to Secession

210

(2)

Secession

212

(4)

At the Battlefront

216

(3)

Supplying Men

219

(2)

The State and the Confederacy

221

(3)

Critics of the Confederacy

224

(2)

Slaves and Slavery During the Civil War

226

(1)

Life at Home During the War

227

(2)

The Final Days

229

(1)

Bibliography

230

(4)

Reconstruction, 1865--1874

234

(23)

Reconstruction: First Steps

235

(1)

Emancipation

236

(1)

The Freedmen's Bureau

237

(1)

President Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction

238

(5)

Radical Reconstruction

243

(2)

The Constitution of 1869

245

(4)

E.J. Davis and Radical Rule in Texas

249

(4)

Effects of Reconstruction

253

(1)

Bibliography

254

(3)

From Reconstruction to Reform, 1874--1890

257

(25)

A New Constitution

258

(1)

The Constitution of 1876

259

(2)

Ratification of the Constitution

261

(2)

The Politics of Conservatism, 1874--1890

263

(4)

Public Poverty, Public Debt

267

(2)

Law and Order

269

(3)

The Public Lands

272

(1)

Building the Railroads

273

(3)

Economic Development

276

(3)

Bibliography

279

(3)

The Conquest and Settlement of the Frontier

282

(27)

The Defeat of the Indians

282

(6)

The Buffalo Slaughter

288

(1)

The Price of Conquest

289

(2)

The Cattle Kingdom

291

(5)

The Big Pasture Country

296

(3)

Other Livestock: Horses, Sheep, and Goats

299

(2)

The People of the Range

301

(1)

The Advance of the Farmers

301

(4)

Bibliography

305

(4)

The Populists and Progressives, 1890--1910

309

(19)

The Growth of Political Discontent

310

(3)

James Stephen Hogg and Reform Democrats

313

(3)

The Populists

316

(3)

The Conservative Resurgence

319

(4)

Thomas M. Campbell and Progressive Reform

323

(3)

Bibliography

326

(2)

Life at the Turn of the Century

328

(27)

The Galveston Storm of 1900

328

(1)

Living and Working in Texas

329

(2)

Urban Texas

331

(1)

Oil and Industrialization

331

(2)

Leisure Activities

333

(1)

Public Health

334

(2)

Religion

336

(1)

Education

337

(3)

Women at the Turn of the Century

340

(2)

Race and Ethnicity

342

(6)

Literature and the Arts

348

(3)

Bibliography

351

(4)

Crusades and Complacency, 1910--1930

355

(28)

Oscar Branch Colquitt, 1911--1915

355

(1)

Prohibition: The Triumph of a Moral Crusade

356

(2)

The Birth of Fergusonism, 1915--1917

358

(2)

Texas in the First World War

360

(5)

The Politics of Conservatism

365

(1)

The Klan and the Bonnet

366

(4)

Dan Moody, 1927--1931

370

(1)

The Roaring Twenties-Economic Growth and Prosperity

371

(3)

Life in the Roaring Twenties

374

(5)

Bibliography

379

(4)

The Great Depression, 1930--1941

383

(22)

Hard Times in Texas

384

(1)

Depression Politics-Ross Sterling, 1931--1933

385

(3)

The Return of Fergusonism-Miriam Ferguson, 1933--1935

388

(1)

Relief, Recovery, and Reform-The New Deal in Texas

389

(2)

Industry, Transportation, and Labor

391

(1)

Agriculture in the Depression

392

(2)

Conservation and Environmental Concerns

394

(2)

Literature and the Arts in the Depression

396

(1)

The Politics of Recovery-James Allred, 1935--1939

397

(3)

W. Lee O'Daniel, 1939--1941

400

(2)

Bibliography

402

(3)

World War II and After, 1941--1962

405

(21)

The Politics of Wartime

406

(1)

Texas and Texans in the War

407

(4)

Postwar Texas---The Jester Years, 1947--1949

411

(3)

Shivers, Politics, and Tidelands

414

(2)

Scandals and Reform: Politics in the Fifties

416

(5)

The Election of 1960 and the Emerging Republican Party

421

(2)

Bibliography

423

(3)

Politics of an Urban Land, 1962--2000

426

(21)

The Dynamics of Political Change

426

(2)

The 1960s: The Johnson and Connally Years

428

(2)

The Struggle for Civil Rights

430

(4)

Smith, Sharpstown, and Briscoe

434

(3)

Constitutional Revision

437

(1)

The Republican Challenge

437

(4)

Clements, Richards, and Two Party Politics

441

(3)

George W. Bush-Building the Republican Majority

444

(1)

Bibliography

445

(2)

At the End of the Century

447

(19)

An Economy in Transition

448

(3)

Religion, Education, and Social Organizations

451

(3)

Literature and the Arts

454

(5)

A Population in Transition

459

(5)

Bibliography

464

(2)

Appendix

466

(5)

Governors of Texas

466

(1)

Governors of Coahuila and Texas

467

(1)

Provisional Governors During the Texan Revolution

468

(1)

Presidents of the Republic of Texas

468

(1)

Governors After Annexation

468

(1)

United States Senators

469

(2)

Index

471

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