Bøger i Texas A.& M.Southwestern Studies serien

In 1874, Texas more closely resembled the Texas of 1861 than anyone might have predicted at war's end. Reconstruction had remade little. Carl H. Moneyhon reconsiders the reasons Reconstruction failed to live up to its promise.

Combines excerpts from personal letters, diaries, and interviews with government statistics to present a collective view of discrimination and culture and the strength of both in the face of crisis.