Contested empire: rethinking the Texas Revolution
by Haynes, Sam W., (Sam Walter) Saxon, Gerald D. Schlereth, Eric R.
To a large degree, the story of Texas' secession from Mexico has been undertaken by scholars of the state. Early twentieth century historians of the revolutionary period, most notably Eugene Barker and William Binkley, characterized the conflict as a clash of two opposing cultures, yet their exclusive focus on the region served to reinforce popular notions of a unique Texas past. Disconnected from a broader historiography, scholars have been left to ponder the most arcane details of the revolut…
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- Full title :Contested empire : rethinking the Texas Revolution / edited by Sam W. Haynes and Gerald D. Saxon ; introduction by Gregg Cantrell ; contributors: Eric Schlereth, Sam W. Haynes, Miguel Soto, Will Fowler, Amy S. Greenberg.
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To a large degree, the story of Texas' secession from Mexico has been undertaken by scholars of the state. Early twentieth century historians of the revolutionary period, most notably Eugene Barker and William Binkley, characterized the conflict as a clash of two opposing cultures, yet their exclusive focus on the region served to reinforce popular notions of a unique Texas past. Disconnected from a broader historiography, scholars have been left to ponder the most arcane details of the revolutionary narrative-such as the circumstances of David Crockett's death and whether William Barret Travi.
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- Publication Date:2015.
- Edition:First edition
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- Publisher(s):Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A & M University Press
- Place of Publication:College Station
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
Notes
Published on occasion of the 48th Annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture, held at the University of Texas at Arlington in March, 2013.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781623493103, 1623493102, 1623493099, 9781623493097
- oclc:ocn913610677
- LC Classification:F390
- Dewey Decimal:976.403
Table of Contents
Voluntary Mexicans: allegiance and the origins of the Texas Revolution / Eric Schlereth -- "Imitating the example of our forefathers" : the Texas Revolution as historical re-enactment / Sam W. Haynes -- Politics and profits: Mexican officials and land speculation in Texas, 1824-1835 / Miguel Soto -- The Texan Revolution of 1835-1836 and early Mexican nationalism / Will Fowler -- "Time's noblest empire is the last" : Texas annexation in the presumed course of American empire / Amy S. Greenberg.
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