Gone to Texas [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the Lone Star State / / Randolph B. Campbell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783268703321
• Autore: Campbell Randolph B. <1940->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 0-19-771353-X; 9786610481026; 1-4237-1486-5; 1-280-48102-1; 1-282-36734-X; 9786612367342; 0-19-803166-1; 1-4237-3614-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (464 p. ) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 976.4
• Soggetti: Texas History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-485) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: 1. The First Texans 1 -- 2. Exploration and Adventure, 1519-1689 24 -- 3. Spanish Texas, 1690-1779 49 -- 4. Spanish Texas in the Age of Revolutions, 1779-1821 76 -- 5. Mexican Texas, 1821-1835 100 -- 6. The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 128 -- 7. The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846 159 -- 8. Frontier Texas, 1846-1861 187 -- 9. Empire State of the South, 1846-1861 207 -- 10. The Civil War, 1861-1865 239 -- 11. Reconstruction, 1865-1876 268 -- 12. Old West and New South, 1865-1890 290 -- 13. An Era of Reform, 1891-1920 324 -- 14. The "Prosperity Decade" and the Great Depression, 1921-1941 360 -- 15. World War II and The Rise of Modern Texas, 1941-1971 396 -- 16. Modern Texas, 1971-2001 438 -- Conclusion: Texas in the New Millennium 468.
• Sommario/riassunto: Historian Randolph Campbell ranges from the first arrival of humans in the Panhandle some 10,000 years ago to the dawn of the 21st century, offering an interpretive account of the land, the successive waves of people who have gone to Texas, and the conflicts that have produced ; 'Texas as metaphor'.