The History of Texas is fully revised and updated in this fifth edition to reflect the latest scholarship in its coverage of Texas history from the pre-Columbian era to the present.
* Fully revised to reflect the most recent scholarly findings
* Offers extensive coverage of twentieth-century Texas history
* Includes an overview of Texas history up to the Election of 2012
* Provides online resources for students and instructors, including a test bank, maps, presentation slides, and more
The History of Texas
Table of contents
List of Maps vi
Preface and Acknowledgments vii
Timeline x
Chapter 1 Contact of Civilizations, 1521-1721 1
Chapter 2 Spaniards in a Far Northern Frontera, 1721-1821 27
Chapter 3 Mexican Texas, 1821-1836 54
Chapter 4 Launching a Nation, 1836-1848 83
Chapter 5 Statehood, Secession, and Civil War, 1848-1865 111
Chapter 6 The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1876 142
Chapter 7 A Frontier Society in Transition, 1876-1886 181
Chapter 8 Texas in the Age of Agrarian Discontent, 1886-1900 213
Chapter 9 Texas in the Progressive Era, 1900-1929 237
Chapter 10 Texas and the Great Depression, 1929-1941 289
Chapter 11 War, Prosperity, and Modernization, 1941-1960 328
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