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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797354603321

Titolo

Contested empire : rethinking the Texas Revolution / / edited by Sam W. Haynes and Gerald D. Saxon ; introduction by Gregg Cantrell ; contributors, Eric Schlereth [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, [Texas] : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-62349-310-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures ; ; Number 46

Disciplina

976.403

Soggetti

Irredentism

Texas History Revolution, 1835-1836

Texas History To 1846

Texas Relations Mexico

Mexico Relations Texas

United States Politics and government 1815-1861

Texas Annexation to the United States

Texas Ethnic relations Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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