Texas : The Lone Star State
by Richardson; Rupert N.Edition: 10th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-07-30
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| The Land and Its Native Peoples | |
| Spanish Texas-Exploration and Occupation, 1519-1763 | |
| Spanish Texas-The Last Years, 1763-1821 | |
| Mexican Texas | |
| The Prelude to Revolution, 1826-1835 | |
| The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 | |
| The Republic of Texas, 1836-1845 | |
| Early Statehood, 1846-1861 | |
| Pioneer Institutions | |
| Secession and War, 1861-1865 | |
| Restoring Texas to the Union, 1865-1874 | |
| From Reconstruction to Reform, 1874-1890 | |
| Cultural Conflict on the Frontier | |
| The Populists and Progressives, 1890-1910 | |
| Life at the Turn of the Century | |
| Crusades and Complacency, 1910-1930 | |
| The Great Depression and Second World War, 1930-1945 | |
| Post-War Texas, 1945-1963 | |
| Politics of an Urban Land, 1963-1978 | |
| Republican Texas, 1978-2008 | |
| Appendix | |
| Index | |
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