Texas

by Richardson, Rupert N.; Anderson, Adrian; Wintz, Cary D.; Wallace, Ernest

• ISBN13: 9780130284143
• ISBN10: 0130284149
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

For one/two-semester, freshman/junior-level courses in Texas History. Written in narrative style, this comprehensive, general survey of Texas historyfrom early times to the presentoffers a balanced, scholarly presentation of all eras and topics.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Country and Its Native Peoples	1	(20)
The Land	2	(4)
Rivers	6	(2)
The Climate	8	(1)
Prehistoric Peoples	9	(1)
The Native Peoples	10	(9)
Bibliography	19	(2)
Exploration and Occupation, 1519--1763	21	(25)
The Spanish Empire	21	(1)
Exploration	22	(3)
The Challenge of the French: La Salle	25	(1)
The First Missions in East Texas	26	(2)
The Return of the Spanish to East Texas	28	(3)
Expansion: Nuevo Santander	31	(1)
Expansion: On the Coast and in the Hills	32	(4)
Life in Spanish Texas: The Missions	36	(2)
Political and Military Affairs	38	(1)
Life in the Civil Settlements	39	(3)
Bibliography	42	(4)
Spanish Texas, 1763--1821	46	(17)
Texas After the Spanish Acquisition of Louisiana	46	(3)
Spain, Texas, and the United States	49	(2)
The First Anglo-Americans in Texas	51	(2)
The Beginning of the Mexican Revolution	53	(1)
Revolutionary Times in Texas	53	(4)
A New Era: The Beginnings of Foreign Immigration	57	(2)
A New Nation: Mexico	59	(1)
The Legacies of Spanish Rule	60	(1)
Bibliography	61	(2)
Texas Under Mexican Rule	63	(22)
The Empire of Mexico	64	(1)
The Old Three Hundred	64	(2)
The Republic of Mexico	66	(2)
A New Colonization Program	68	(1)
Expansion of Colonization	69	(2)
The Fredonian Rebellion	71	(1)
The Law of April 6, 1830	71	(2)
Colonization Under the Law	73	(2)
The Peoples of Mexican Texas	75	(2)
Government in Mexican Texas	77	(3)
Colonial Institutions	80	(2)
Bibliography	82	(3)
The Prelude to Revolution, 1826--1835	85	(17)
Early Troubles	85	(1)
The Disturbances of 1831 and 1832	86	(4)
The Conventions of 1832 and 1833	90	(1)
Austin's Journey to Mexico City	91	(1)
Santa Anna and the Politics of Mexico (1833--1835)	92	(2)
Affairs in Coahuila and Texas (1833--1835)	94	(1)
The Crisis of 1835	95	(3)
Why Revolution?	98	(2)
Bibliography	100	(2)
The Texas Revolution, 1835--1836	102	(29)
The Beginning of the Revolution	102	(3)
The Consultation	105	(3)
Failure of the Provisional Government	108	(1)
The Alamo	109	(4)
The Birth of the Republic	113	(2)
The War in South Texas	115	(2)
Retreat	117	(3)
The Battle of San Jacinto	120	(2)
After San Jacinto	122	(2)
Aid for the Revolution	124	(2)
The Texas Navy	126	(1)
Bibliography	127	(4)
The Republic of Texas, 1836--1845	131	(26)
The Election of 1836	131	(1)
Houston and the New Nation (1836--1838)	132	(3)
The Young Republic and Foreign Affairs (1836--1838)	135	(2)
Lamar's Administration (1838--1841)	137	(3)
Foreign Affairs (1838--1841)	140	(2)
Houston's Second Administration (1841--1844)	142	(1)
Houston and Mexico (1841--1844)	143	(3)
Houston and the Quest for Annexation (1842--1844)	146	(1)
Population Growth in the Republic	146	(1)
Tejano Experiences in the Republic of Texas	147	(2)
The Empresario System of the Republic	149	(2)
The Advance of the Frontier	151	(1)
Annexation Achieved	152	(2)
Bibliography	154	(3)
Early Statehood, 1846--1861	157	(25)
The Establishment of State Government	157	(1)
The War with Mexico	158	(4)
The Texas-New Mexico Boundary Controversy	162	(3)
Settlement of the Debt of the Republic	165	(1)
The Politics of Early Statehood	166	(4)
Immigration and Extension of Settlement	170	(1)
Tejanos and the Settlement of South and West Texas	171	(2)
The Growth of Slavery	173	(1)
Opponents of Slavery	174	(1)
Explorating West Texas	175	(1)
The Indian Frontier	176	(2)
Bibliography	178	(4)
Pioneer Institutions	182	(27)
The People	182	(2)
Occupations	184	(2)
Slavery and the Plantation System	186	(3)
Life on the Farms	189	(1)
The Towns	190	(2)
Transportation	192	(3)
Health	195	(1)
Amusements	196	(1)
Law and Order	197	(2)
Education	199	(2)
Newspapers, Literature, and Art	201	(1)
Religion	202	(2)
Bibliography	204	(5)
Secession and War, 1860--1865	209	(25)
Prelude to Secession	210	(2)
Secession	212	(4)
At the Battlefront	216	(3)
Supplying Men	219	(2)
The State and the Confederacy	221	(3)
Critics of the Confederacy	224	(2)
Slaves and Slavery During the Civil War	226	(1)
Life at Home During the War	227	(2)
The Final Days	229	(1)
Bibliography	230	(4)
Reconstruction, 1865--1874	234	(23)
Reconstruction: First Steps	235	(1)
Emancipation	236	(1)
The Freedmen's Bureau	237	(1)
President Johnson's Plan for Reconstruction	238	(5)
Radical Reconstruction	243	(2)
The Constitution of 1869	245	(4)
E.J. Davis and Radical Rule in Texas	249	(4)
Effects of Reconstruction	253	(1)
Bibliography	254	(3)
From Reconstruction to Reform, 1874--1890	257	(25)
A New Constitution	258	(1)
The Constitution of 1876	259	(2)
Ratification of the Constitution	261	(2)
The Politics of Conservatism, 1874--1890	263	(4)
Public Poverty, Public Debt	267	(2)
Law and Order	269	(3)
The Public Lands	272	(1)
Building the Railroads	273	(3)
Economic Development	276	(3)
Bibliography	279	(3)
The Conquest and Settlement of the Frontier	282	(27)
The Defeat of the Indians	282	(6)
The Buffalo Slaughter	288	(1)
The Price of Conquest	289	(2)
The Cattle Kingdom	291	(5)
The Big Pasture Country	296	(3)
Other Livestock: Horses, Sheep, and Goats	299	(2)
The People of the Range	301	(1)
The Advance of the Farmers	301	(4)
Bibliography	305	(4)
The Populists and Progressives, 1890--1910	309	(19)
The Growth of Political Discontent	310	(3)
James Stephen Hogg and Reform Democrats	313	(3)
The Populists	316	(3)
The Conservative Resurgence	319	(4)
Thomas M. Campbell and Progressive Reform	323	(3)
Bibliography	326	(2)
Life at the Turn of the Century	328	(27)
The Galveston Storm of 1900	328	(1)
Living and Working in Texas	329	(2)
Urban Texas	331	(1)
Oil and Industrialization	331	(2)
Leisure Activities	333	(1)
Public Health	334	(2)
Religion	336	(1)
Education	337	(3)
Women at the Turn of the Century	340	(2)
Race and Ethnicity	342	(6)
Literature and the Arts	348	(3)
Bibliography	351	(4)
Crusades and Complacency, 1910--1930	355	(28)
Oscar Branch Colquitt, 1911--1915	355	(1)
Prohibition: The Triumph of a Moral Crusade	356	(2)
The Birth of Fergusonism, 1915--1917	358	(2)
Texas in the First World War	360	(5)
The Politics of Conservatism	365	(1)
The Klan and the Bonnet	366	(4)
Dan Moody, 1927--1931	370	(1)
The Roaring Twenties-Economic Growth and Prosperity	371	(3)
Life in the Roaring Twenties	374	(5)
Bibliography	379	(4)
The Great Depression, 1930--1941	383	(22)
Hard Times in Texas	384	(1)
Depression Politics-Ross Sterling, 1931--1933	385	(3)
The Return of Fergusonism-Miriam Ferguson, 1933--1935	388	(1)
Relief, Recovery, and Reform-The New Deal in Texas	389	(2)
Industry, Transportation, and Labor	391	(1)
Agriculture in the Depression	392	(2)
Conservation and Environmental Concerns	394	(2)
Literature and the Arts in the Depression	396	(1)
The Politics of Recovery-James Allred, 1935--1939	397	(3)
W. Lee O'Daniel, 1939--1941	400	(2)
Bibliography	402	(3)
World War II and After, 1941--1962	405	(21)
The Politics of Wartime	406	(1)
Texas and Texans in the War	407	(4)
Postwar Texas---The Jester Years, 1947--1949	411	(3)
Shivers, Politics, and Tidelands	414	(2)
Scandals and Reform: Politics in the Fifties	416	(5)
The Election of 1960 and the Emerging Republican Party	421	(2)
Bibliography	423	(3)
Politics of an Urban Land, 1962--2000	426	(21)
The Dynamics of Political Change	426	(2)
The 1960s: The Johnson and Connally Years	428	(2)
The Struggle for Civil Rights	430	(4)
Smith, Sharpstown, and Briscoe	434	(3)
Constitutional Revision	437	(1)
The Republican Challenge	437	(4)
Clements, Richards, and Two Party Politics	441	(3)
George W. Bush-Building the Republican Majority	444	(1)
Bibliography	445	(2)
At the End of the Century	447	(19)
An Economy in Transition	448	(3)
Religion, Education, and Social Organizations	451	(3)
Literature and the Arts	454	(5)
A Population in Transition	459	(5)
Bibliography	464	(2)
Appendix	466	(5)
Governors of Texas	466	(1)
Governors of Coahuila and Texas	467	(1)
Provisional Governors During the Texan Revolution	468	(1)
Presidents of the Republic of Texas	468	(1)
Governors After Annexation	468	(1)
United States Senators	469	(2)
Index	471