Description
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive, best-illustrated survey of the Lone Star Statethe new, updated edition of the classic text
The History of Texas offers a sweeping exploration of the Lone Star State, covering its history from the pre-Columbian period, to the era of Spanish control, to nineteenth century watershed events, through the 1900s and into the new millennium. This engaging, student-friendly textbook looks at how people of diverse politics, identity, class, ethnicity, and race shaped the state's past and continue to influence its present. Recent knowledge on the political, social, and cultural history of Texas provides insights on the celebrated figures, unsung heroes, and ordinary people of the state's past.
The sixth edition of this classic text has been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship in all fields of Texas history, among them New Indian History and cultural and gender studies. The text offers fresh perspectives on Texas history, inc
Table of Contents
List of Maps
Preface and Acknowledgments
Timeline
Chapter 1 Contact of Civilizations, 1521–1721
Chapter 2 Spaniards in a Far Northern Frontera, 1721–1821
Chapter 3 Mexican Texas, 1821–1836
Chapter 4 Launching a Nation, 1836–1848
Chapter 5 Statehood, Secession, and Civil War, 1848–1865
Chapter 6 The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1876
Chapter 7 A Frontier Society in Transition, 1876–1886
Chapter 8 Texas in the Age of Agrarian Discontent, 1886–1900
Chapter 9 Texas in the Progressive Era, 1900–1929
Chapter 10 Texas and the Great Depression, 1929–1941
Chapter 11 War, Prosperity, and Modernization, 1941–1960
Chapter 12 Texas in Transition, 1960–1986
Chapter 13 A New Texas? 1986–2001
Chapter 14 Into the New Millennium, 2001–2018
Appendix
Index
