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Major Problems in Texas History

by: Haynes, Sam W.; Wintz, Cary D.

Major Problems in Texas History

by: Haynes, Sam W.; Wintz, Cary D.

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9780395858332
ISBN 10:
039585833X
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/31/2001
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in US history. This collection, designed for courses on Texas history or the history of southwest, covers the subject's entire chronological span.

Enduring Myths and the Land Essays
The Roots of Texas Exceptionalism
The Shelf Life of Truth in Texas
Benjamin Soskis
The New Texas
Contested Empire: The Native Americans of Texas and European Contact Documents
Cabeza de Vaca Encounters the Indians of Texas
Luis de Moscoso Explores East Texas
A Caddo War Party Returns Home
Spain Reacts to the French Presence in Texas
A Franciscan Reports on Prospects for Converting the Caddo Indians
The Impact of European Diseases on Texas Indians
The Caddo Confederacy
The Challenges of Spanish Colonization: Struggles and Accommodation in the Eighteenth Century Documents
The Canary Islanders State Their Grievances to the Viceroy	p. 1741
Father Benito Fernandez Refutes the Canary Islanders' Complaints	p. 1741
Father Gaspar Jose de Solis Praises the Productivity of Indians at the San Jose Mission	p. 1768
Father Miguel de Molina Describes the Attack on the San Saba Mission	p. 1758
Retrenchment in the Borderlands: The Rubi Dictamen, April 10	p. 1768
Father Jose Francisco Lopez Advocates Secularizing the Missions in San Antonio, 1792 ESSAYS
Self-Sufficiency and the San Antonio Missions Jesus F. de la Teja
The Making of a Tejano Community
Populating Texas During the Late Spanish and Mexican Periods, 1810–1835 Documents
Mexican Revolutionary Bernardo Gutierrez Promises Spoils of War to Army Volunteers at Nacogdoches	p. 1812
Stephen F. Austin Seeks Settlers of "Unblemished Character,"	p. 1823
The Coahuila y Texas Immigration Law of	p. 1824
Caroline von Hinueber Describes the Hardship of Life in Austin's Colony	p. 1832
Anglo Leaders of the Fredonian Revolt State Their Reasons for Insurrection Against Mexico	p. 1826
Mier y Teran Fears Mexico May Lose Texas	p. 1830
Mexico Seeks to Block Anglo-American Immigration: The April 6, 1830 Law
The San Antonio Ayuntamiento Petitions the Mexican Government for a Liberal Immigration Policy, 1832 Essays
Early Anglo Settlers View Mexicans with Hostility Gregg Cantrell
Political and Cultural Mediator
Revolutionary Texas, 1835–1836 Documents
Declares His Support for Independence, 1835
Map of Texas on the Eve of Revolution, 1835
Texas Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836
Mexico's Secretary of War Jose Maria Tornel Rebuts the Texan Reasons for Independence, 1836
Appeals for Aid, March 3, 1836
Describes the Fall of the Alamo, 1836
Recounts the "Runaway Scrape," 1836
Complains of Insubordination in the Ranks of the Texas Army, 1836
American Abolitionist Benjamin Lundy Sees a Southern Slave Conspiracy, 1836 Essays
Mexico and Texas
A Collision of Two Cultures
Refighting the Alamo
Mythmaking and the Texas Revolution
Slavery and the Texas Revolution
The Fragile Republic: Building New Communities, 1836–1845 Documents
An Anonymous Visitor Describes Land Speculation in Houston City, 1837
Appeals to Texas Nationalism, November 10, 1838
The Homestead Exemption Act Protects Debtors, January 26, 1839
A Treaty with the Comanche Indians, 1838
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