Gone to Texas A History of the Lone Star State

Name: Gone to Texas A History of the Lone Star State
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ISBN: 9780199779406

ISBN-10: 0199779406

ISBN-13: 9780199779406

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Randolph B. "Mike" Campbell

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Gone to Texasengagingly 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 of Texans who, often in conflict with each other and always in a struggle with the land, created a history and an idea of Texas.New to this Edition* Chapter 19 covers the years from 2001 to 2011* Chapter 20 expands on the concept of the "Texas Mystique" in the twenty-first century* Revised and updated chapters include the latest scholarship on American Indians, particularly the Comanches* A revised and…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/11/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English



Maps and Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



The First Texans



Exploration and Adventure, 1519-1689



Spanish Texas, 1690-1779



Spanish Texas in the Age of Revolutions, 1779-1821



Mexican Texas, 1821-1835



The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836



The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846



Frontier Texas, 1846-1861



Empire State of the South, 1846-1861



The Civil War, 1861-1865



Reconstruction, 1865-1876



The Old West, 1877-1900



The New South and the Populist Revolt, 1877-1900



The Progressive Era, 1901-1920



The "Prosperity Decade," 1921-1929



The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945



The Rise of Modern Texas, 1945-1971



Modern Texas, 1971-2001



Texas in the New Millennium, 2001-2010



The Texas Mystique in the Twenty-First Century








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Index