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This is a comprehensive yet accessible survey of Texas historyfrom early times to the present. Written in a narrative style, this book offers a balanced presentation of all time periods and topics of Texas history. From the beginning sections on geography and prehistoric people, to the concluding discussions on the start of the twenty-first century, this book successfully considers each era equally in terms of space and emphasis. For interested history enthusiasts looking for a comprehensive survey of Texas history.

Preface

ix

1. The Country and Its Native Peoples

1

(18)

The Land

1

(4)

The Rivers

5

(3)

Prehistoric Peoples

8

(1)

The Native Peoples

9

(7)

Bibliography

16

(3)

2. Spanish Texas-Exploration and Occupation 1519-1763

19

(22)

The Spanish Empire

19

(1)

Exploration

20

(2)

The Challenge of the French: La Salle

22

(1)

The First Missions in East Texas

23

(2)

The Return of the Spanish to East Texas

25

(4)

Expansion: Nuevo Santander

29

(1)

Expansion: On the Coast and in the Hills

29

(3)

Life in Spanish Texas: The Missions

32

(2)

Political and Military Affairs

34

(1)

Life in the Civil Settlements

35

(2)

Bibliography

37

(4)

3. Spanish Texas-The Last Years-1763-1821

41

(14)

Texas after the Spanish Acquisition of Louisiana

41

(3)

Spain, Texas, and the United States

44

(1)

The First Anglo-Americans in Texas

45

(2)

The Beginning of the Mexican Revolution

47

(1)

Revolutionary Times in Texas

47

(3)

A New Era: The Beginning of Foreign Immigration

50

(1)

A New Nation: Mexico

51

(1)

The Legacies of Spanish Rule

52

(1)

Bibliography

53

(2)

4. Mexican Texas

55

(20)

The Empire of Mexico

55

(1)

The Old Three Hundred

56

(2)

The Republic of Mexico

58

(1)

A New Colonization Program

59

(1)

Expansion of Colonization

60

(2)

The Fredonian Rebellion

62

(1)

The Law of April 6, 1830

62

(2)

Colonization Under the Law of April 6, 1830

64

(1)

The People of Mexican Texas

65

(2)

Government in Mexican Texas

67

(3)

Colonial Institutions

70

(2)

Bibliography

72

(3)

5. The Prelude to Revolution 1826-1835

75

(16)

Early Troubles

75

(1)

The Disturbances of 1831 and 1832

76

(3)

The Conventions of 1832 and 1833

79

(1)

Austin's Journey to Mexico City

80

(1)

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

81

(1)

Affairs in Coahuila and Texas (1833-1835)

82

(2)

The Crisis of 1835

84

(2)

Why Revolution?

86

(3)

Bibliography

89

(2)

6. The Texas Revolution 1835-1836

91

(26)

The Beginning of the Revolution

91

(3)

The Consultation

94

(2)

The Failure of the Provisional Government

96

(1)

The Alamo

97

(4)

The Birth of the Republic

101

(2)

The War in South Texas

103

(2)

Retreat

105

(2)

The Battle of San Jacinto

107

(2)

After San Jacinto

109

(2)

Aid for the Revolution

111

(2)

The Texas Navy

113

(1)

Bibliography

113

(4)

7. The Republic of Texas 1836-1845

117

(26)

The Election of 1836

117

(1)

Houston and the New Nation (1836-1838)

118

(3)

The Young Republic and Foreign Affairs (1836-1838)

121

(1)

Lamar's Administration (1838-1841)

122

(5)

Foreign Affairs (1838-1841)

127

(1)

Houston's Second Administration (1841-1844)

128

(1)

Houston and Mexico (1841-1844)

129

(2)

Houston and the Quest for Annexation (1842-1844)

131

(1)

Population Growth in the Republic

132

(1)

Tejano Experiences in the Republic of Texas

133

(2)

The Empresario System of the Republic

135

(1)

The Advance of the Frontier

136

(1)

Annexation Achieved

137

(2)

Bibliography

139

(4)

8. Early Statehood 1846-1861

143

(24)

The Establishment of State Government

143

(1)

The War with Mexico

144

(3)

The Texas-New Mexico Boundary Controversy

147

(3)

Settlement of the Debt of the Republic

150

(1)

The Politics of Early Statehood

151

(3)

Immigration and Extension of Settlement

154

(1)

Tejanos and the Settlement of South and West Texas

155

(2)

The Growth of Slavery

157

(1)

Opponents of Slavery

158

(1)

Exploring West Texas

159

(1)

The Indian Frontier

160

(2)

Bibliography

162

(5)

9. Pioneer Institutions

167

(24)

The People

167

(2)

Occupations

169

(1)

Slavery and the Plantation System

170

(3)

Life on the Farms

173

(2)

The Towns

175

(2)

Transportation

177

(2)

Health

179

(1)

Amusements

180

(1)

Law and Order

181

(1)

Education

182

(2)

Newspapers, Literature, and Art

184

(1)

Religion

185

(2)

Bibliography

187

(4)

10. Secession and War 1860-1865

191

(25)

Prelude to Secession

191

(2)

Secession

193

(4)

At the Battlefront

197

(5)

Supplying Men

202

(1)

The State and the Confederacy

203

(3)

Critics of the Confederacy

206

(2)

Slaves and Slavery During the Civil War

208

(1)

Life at Home During the War

209

(2)

The Final Days

211

(1)

Bibliography

211

(5)

11. Restoring Texas to the Union 1865-1874

216

(21)

Reconstruction: First Steps

216

(1)

Emancipation

217

(1)

The Freedmen's Bureau

218

(1)

President Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction

219

(5)

Radical Reconstruction

224

(1)

The Constitution of 1869

225

(5)

E.J. Davis and Radical Rule in Texas

230

(3)

The Effects of Reconstruction

233

(1)

Bibliography

234

(3)

12. From Reconstruction to Reform 1874-1890

237

(22)

A New Constitution

238

(1)

The Constitution of 1876

239

(2)

Ratification of the Constitution of 1876

241

(1)

The Politics of Conservatism (1874-1890)

242

(3)

Public Poverty, Public Debt

245

(3)

Law and Order

248

(2)

The Public Lands

250

(1)

Building the Railroads

251

(3)

A Changing Economy

254

(2)

Bibliography

256

(3)

13. Cultural Conflict on the Frontier

259

(28)

The Defeat of the Indians

259

(8)

The Buffalo Slaughter

267

(1)

The Price of Conquest

268

(1)

The Cattle Kingdom

269

(5)

The Big Pasture Country

274

(3)

Other Livestock: Horses, Sheep, and Goats

277

(1)

The People of the Range

278

(1)

The Advance of the Farmers

279

(4)

Bibliography

283

(4)

14. The Populists and Progressives 1890-1910

287

(18)

The Growth of Political Discontent

288

(3)

James Stephen Hogg and Reform

291

(3)

The People's Party

294

(2)

The Conservative Resurgence

296

(4)

Thomas M. Campbell and Progressive Reform

300

(2)

Bibliography

302

(3)

15. Life at the Turn of the Century

305

(26)

The Galveston Storm of 1900

305

(1)

Living and Working in Texas

306

(1)

Urban Texas

307

(1)

Oil and Industrialization

308

(2)

Leisure Activities

310

(1)

Public Health

311

(1)

Religion

312

(1)

Education

313

(2)

Women at the Turn of the Century

315

(3)

Race and Ethnicity

318

(6)

Literature and the Arts

324

(2)

Bibliography

326

(5)

16. Crusades and Complacency 1910-1930

331

(29)

Oscar Branch Colquitt (1911-1915)

331

(1)

Prohibition: The Moral Crusade

332

(1)

The Birth of Fergusonism (1915-1917)

333

(3)

Trouble on the Border

336

(2)

Texas in the First World War

338

(4)

The Politics of Complacency

342

(1)

The Ku Klux Klan: Crusades and Bigotry

343

(3)

Dan Moody (1927-1931)

346

(2)

The Roaring Twenties-Economic Growth and Prosperity

348

(3)

Life in the Roaring Twenties

351

(5)

Bibliography

356

(4)

17. The Great Depression 1930-1941

360

(19)

Hard Times in Texas

360

(2)

Depression Politics-Ross Sterling (1931-1933)

362

(2)

Fergusionism Returns-Miriam Ferguson (1933-1935)

364

(1)

Welfare, Economic Planning, and Reform-The New Deal in Texas

365

(1)

Industry, Transportation, and Labor

366

(2)

Agriculture in the Depression

368

(1)

Conservation and Environmental Concerns

369

(1)

Literature and the Arts in the Depression

370

(1)

The Politics of Recovery-James Allred (1935-1939)

371

(2)

W. Lee O'Daniel (1939-1941)

373

(3)

Bibliography

376

(3)

18. World War II and After 1941-1962

379

(23)

The Politics of Wartime

380

(3)

Texas and Texans in the War

383

(3)

Postwar Texas-The Jester Years (1947-1949)

386

(3)

Shivers, Politics, and Tidelands

389

(2)

Scandals and Reform: Politics in the 1950's

391

(5)

The Election of 1960 and the Emerging Republican Party

396

(3)

Bibliography

399

(3)

19. The Politics of an Urban Land 1962-2004

402

(25)

The Dynamics of Political Change

402

(1)

The 1960's: The Johnson and Connally Years

403

(3)

The Struggle for Civil Rights

406

(4)

Smith, Sharpstown, and Briscoe

410

(2)

Constitutional Revision

412

(1)

The Republican Challenge

413

(3)

Clements, Richards, and Two-Party Politics

416

(3)

George W. Bush-Building the Republican Majority

419

(1)

President George W Bush

420

(1)

Rick Perry and the Republican Ascendency

421

(4)

Bibliography

425

(2)

20. Beginning a New Century

427

(20)

An Economy in Transition

428

(3)

Religion and Education

431

(3)

Literature and the Arts

434

(4)

A Population in Transition

438

(6)

Bibliography

444

(3)

Appendix

447

(5)

Index

452

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Some sixty-three years ago, as the world was moving from depression to war, Professor Richardson completed the first edition ofTexas: The Lone Star State,written as a comprehensive, general history of Texas and intended primarily for use in college history courses. Many years later near the end of the 1960s, Professor Richardson, recognizing the evolutionary character of historical studies and the need to provide new insight and ideas, added two authors, Ernest Wallace and Adrian Anderson, in the preparation of the third and subsequent editions. As we moved into the new millennium, a new author, Cary D. Wintz, joined in the preparation of the eighth and continues with this, the current and ninth edition ofTexas: The Lone Star State.Professor Wintz, whose suggestions influenced the preparation earlier editions, brought to the book his broad and comprehensive knowledge of Texas history and his long experience in the study of specialized areas, some of which were scarcely recognized at the time of the original edition. When Professor Richardson prepared the final draft of his manuscript for the first edition ofTexas: The Lone Star State,he wrote in his preface that his mission was to "provide, as far as the limitations of a single volume will permit, acomplete surveyof the history of Texas." His goal was to present not only the topics affording "adventure, contest, and color" but also "the more prosaic but equally important subjects." In search of balance, he sought to tell the story of "cotton pickers" and "priests and conquerors," of "filibusterers" and "farmers"--a complete story, to the extent possible. In keeping with his purpose, Professor Richardson wrote history in narrative or "storytelling" form. Where circumstances demanded and space permitted, he analyzed and interpreted events and issues, but the essence of his work was the evolution of his story and his effort to present it in an account that was as complete and fair as possible. The events of the years since the first publication ofTexas: The Lone Star Statehave been included in successive editions. And, the discovery of new information has sometimes led to reexamination of past events. More often, however, it is an increased awareness of the contributions and role of minorities, women, and other groups which have been ignored or inadequately recognized in the past that has led to a new, and it is hoped, a more complete and meaningful story. In reexamining the past, many of the old traditions or "myths" have been carefully scrutinized and found lacking in terms of meaning and sensitivity; others have been altered or modified. Such changes are appropriate and necessary to the preservation of a free people. But while old "myths" must be constantly reviewed and examined in order that they may not distort our history, care also must be taken to make sure that new "myths," which inevitably arise, do not likewise mislead us in our understanding of our heritage. New materials have been added to bring the text up-to-date in this edition, and where new scholarship is available, some of the earlier chapters have been revised. Substantial changes will be noted in chapters dealing with the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The story of Texas is presented through the events of the newest century, including the tragedy of September 11, 2001 and the political changes that culminated in the elections of 2002 and the subsequent redistricting struggle. In a few instances, the organization has been changed for the sake of clarity, and, unfortunately, for the sake of space, some material of older editions has been deleted. Considerable care has been taken to add a comprehensive listing of recently published books and articles in the bibliographies at the end of each chapter. In recognition of the increased role of visuals--pictures, graphs, and maps-in the learning of the twenty-first century, we have

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0131835505

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