Matamoros and the Texas revolution [[electronic resource]] / by Craig H. Roell

• Autore: Roell Craig H
• Pubblicazione: Denton, Tex., : Texas State Historical Association, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (133 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.4/04
• Soggetto geografico: Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) History 19th century; Texas History Revolution, 1835-1836
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Matamoros and the Texas revolution
• ISBN: 0-87611-266-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790691303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Fred Rider Cotten popular history series ; ; no. 23.