Summerfield G. Roberts Texas History Series – serie
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Episcopacy of Nicholas Gallagher, Bishop of Galveston, 1882-1918
Inbunden, 2020
427 kr
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Nicholas Aloysius Gallagher became the third Roman Catholic bishop for the Diocese of Galveston in 1882. During his thirty-six year tenure as bishop, Gallagher made significant contributions to the development of Catholicism in Texas in very challenging and difficult times. Gallagher's episcopacy …
Los Adaes, the First Capital of Spanish Texas
Inbunden, 2020
531 kr
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In 1721, Spain established a fort and mission on the Texas-Louisiana border, or frontera, to stem the tide of people and goods flowing back and forth between northern New Spain and French Louisiana. Named in part after the indigenous Adai people, the complex of the presidio (Nuestra SeÑora del …
Texas and Texans in World War II
1941-1945
Av Randolph B. Campbell, III Dawson, Joseph G. m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
594 kr
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Texans in World War II offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas history covers topics from the African American and Tejano experience to organized labor, from the …
Rise of Houston As a Global City
Inbunden, 2025
472 kr
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Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest in the nation. It has long been regarded as the “Energy Capital of the World.” Trademarked boasts frequently refer to the “world’s busiest commercial seaport,” “world’s biggest medical complex,” and “world’s control center for space …
Fort Worth Between the World Wars
Av Harold Rich
Inbunden, 2020
353 kr
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From its early days as a nineteenth-century army outpost through the boom years of cattle drives, culminating with the arrival of Armour and Swift in the twentieth century to secure the community's economic base, Fort Worth established itself as a major city that, to many, was 'where the West …
Union League and Biracial Politics in Reconstruction Texas
Inbunden, 2021
526 kr
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The Republican Union League of America played a major role in the Southern Reconstruction that followed the American Civil War. A secret organization introduced into Texas in 1867 to mobilize newly enfranchised black voters, it was the first political body that attempted to secure power by forming …
Bridging Cultures
Reflections on the Heritage Identity of the Texas-Mexico Borderlands
Av Harriett Romo, William Dupont
Inbunden, 2021
526 kr
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Borderlands: they stretch across national boundaries, and they create a unique space that extends beyond the international boundary. They extend north and south of what we think of as the actual 'border,' encompassing even the urban areas of San Antonio, Texas, and Monterrey, Nueva LeÓn, Mexico, …
