Bøger i Summerfield G. Roberts Texas History Series serien

Focuses specifically on the lower reaches of the Rio Grande/RIo Bravo as it exits the mountains and meanders across a coastal plain. Bringing together architects, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, educators, political scientists, geographers, and creative writers, this book explores the historical and cultural background of the region.

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 labour, from the expanding opportunities for women to the importance of oil and agriculture.

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 a biracial coalition.

In the first book devoted to Los Adaes, historian Francis Galan traces the roots of the current US-Mexico border to the colonial history of this all but forgotten Spanish fort and mission. By providing a richer perspective on the shifting borders of colonial powers, this book makes a major contribution to Texas history.

From its early days as an army outpost to the boom years of the early twentieth century, Fort Worth established itself as a major city. Harold Rich focuses on the successes and struggles that Fort Worth enjoyed and endured in the 1920s and 1930s as the city's fortunes began to be eclipsed by Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

Provides a major biography of an important religious figure in Texas during a time of transition. This book will appeal to readers interested in Texas history, Galveston history, and the history of the Roman Catholic Church in America.