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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811145203321

Autore

Roell Craig H

Titolo

Matamoros and the Texas revolution / / by Craig H. Roell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Denton, Tex., : Texas State Historical Association, 2013

ISBN

0-87611-266-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 p.)

Collana

Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series ; ; Volume 23

Disciplina

976.4/04

976.404

Soggetti

Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) History 19th century

Texas History Revolution, 1835-1836

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introducing Matamoros: pearl of great price -- Envisioning Matamoros: refuge among the estuaries -- Puerta Matamoros: doorway to Texas, the Gulf . . . and the world -- Patriótica Matamoros: revolution in Texas -- Planning a brilliant folly: the Texan expedition -- Judas, scoundrels, wolves, and rascally acquirements -- Triumphant Matamoros: the Mexican expedition -- Epilogue: Heróica Matamoros.

Sommario/riassunto

The traditional story of the Texas Revolution remembers the Alamo and Goliad but has forgotten Matamoros, the strategic Mexican port city on the turbulent lower Rio Grande. In this provocative book, Craig Roell restores the centrality of Matamoros by showing the genuine economic, geographic, social, and military value of the city to Mexican and Texas history.Given that Matamoros served the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Texas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, Chihuahua, and Durango, the city's strategic location and considerable trade revenues were crucial. Roell provides a