San Antonio de Béxar
Author: Jesús F. de la Teja
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780826317513
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA beautifully written history of the development of San Antonio in colonial Texas.
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San Antonio de Bexar
Author: William Corner
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Published: 1890
Total Pages: 264
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Author: William Corner
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Published: 1890
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFaces of Béxar
Author: Jesús F. De la Teja
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2016-03-03
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 162349401X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner, 2019 Summerfield G. Robert Award, sponsored by The Sons of the Republic of Texas Faces of Béxar showcases the finest work of Jesús F. de la Teja, a foremost authority on Spanish colonial Mexico and Texas through the Republic. These essays trace the arc of the author’s career over a quarter of a century. A new bibliographic essay on early San Antonio and Texas history rounds out the collection, showing where Tejano history has been, is now, and where it might go in the future. For de la Teja, the Tejano experience in San Antonio is a case study of a community in transition, one moved by forces within and without. From its beginnings as an imperial outpost to becoming the center of another, newer empire—itself in transition—the social, political, and military history of San Antonio was central to Texas history, to say nothing of the larger contexts of Mexican and American history. Faces of Béxar explores this and more, including San Antonio's origins as a military settlement, the community's economic ties to Saltillo, its role in the fight for Mexican independence, and the motivations of Tejanos for joining Anglo Texans in the struggle for independence. Taken together, Faces of Béxar stands to be a milestone in the growing literature on Tejano history.
Beyond the Alamo
Author: Raúl A. Ramos
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009-11-30
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 0807888931
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroducing a new model for the transnational history of the United States, Raul Ramos places Mexican Americans at the center of the Texas creation story. He focuses on Mexican-Texan, or Tejano, society in a period of political transition beginning with the year of Mexican independence. Ramos explores the factors that helped shape the ethnic identity of the Tejano population, including cross-cultural contacts between Bexarenos, indigenous groups, and Anglo-Americans, as they negotiated the contingencies and pressures on the frontier of competing empires.
The Canary Islanders in Texas
Author: Armando Curbelo Fuentes
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2018-05-30
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 1595348468
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImmigrants from the archipelago of the Spanish Canary Islands off the coast of Western Africa played a vital role in San Antonio’s early history. Canary Islanders in Texas tells the story of the fifty-five Canary Islanders who arrived in South Texas in 1731 and founded the original municipality of San Fernando de Béxar (renamed San Antonio in the nineteenth century after Texas’s independence from Mexico). Through the reflections and records of María Curbelo, the last surviving member of the original settlers, readers learn of the many challenges these early settlers faced, including the assignment of land grants, distribution of riverine water, and protesting perceived monopolies of labor for the construction of homes and other structures by Franciscan missionaries. For over a century Canary Islanders and their descendants controlled municipal policy in San Antonio, Their influence began to decline beginning in 1845, however, with the annexation of Texas and the introduction of United States governance. More than five thousand isleños live in San Antonio today, many of them descendants of the original settlers. Their influence can be seen in the city’s history, culture, music, and philanthropy. Their legacy is celebrated through numerous cultural groups and organizations.
The Battle of the Alamo
Author: Ben H. Procter
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2013-03-15
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 0876112688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe dramatic story of one of the most famous events in Texas history is told by Ben H. Procter. Procter describes in colorful detail the background, character, and motives of the prominent figures at the Alamo—Bowie, Travis, and Crockett—and the course and outcome of the battle itself. This concise and engaging account of a turning point in Texas history will appeal to students, teachers, historians, and general readers alike.
The Papers of the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
Author: John Holmes Jenkins
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 540
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe starting place for research on the fledgling Texas republic. It prints several thousand important letters and documents that were printed during the revolutionary era that have never been published before in any form. Includes all letters and documents published between January 1, 1835 up to the inaugual address of Sam Houston as President of the Republic of Texas on October 22, 1836
Tejano Patriot
Author: Art Martínez de Vara
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2020-05-01
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 1625110596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArt Martínez de Vara’s Tejano Patriot: The Revolutionary Life of José Francisco Ruiz, 1783–1840 is the first full-length biography of this important figure in Texas history. Best known as one of two Texas-born signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Ruiz’s significance extends far beyond that single event. Born in San Antonio de Béxar into an upwardly mobile family, during the war for Mexican independence Ruiz underwent a dramatic transformation from a conservative royalist to one of the staunchest liberals of his era. Steeped in the Spanish American liberal tradition, his revolutionary activity included participating in three uprisings, suppressing two others, and enduring extreme personal sacrifice for the liberal republican cause. He was widely respected as an intermediary between Tejanos and American Indians, especially the Comanches. As a diplomat, he negotiated nearly a dozen peace treaties for Spain, Mexico, and the Republic of Texas, and he traveled to the Imperial Court of Mexico as an agent of the Comanches to secure peace on the northern frontier. When Anglo settlers came by the thousands to Texas after 1820, he continued to be a cultural intermediary, forging a friendship with Stephen F. Austin, but he always put the interests of Béxar and his fellow Tejanos first. Ruiz had a notable career as a military leader, diplomat, revolutionary, educator, attorney, arms dealer, author, ethnographer, politician, Indian agent, Texas ranger, city attorney, and Texas senator. He was a central figure in the saga that shaped Texas from a remote borderland on New Spain’s northern frontier to an independent republic.
Boys' Book of Border Battles
Author: Edwin L. Sabin
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2013-02-08
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1620871580
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA classic of historical war literature, Boys' book of border battles puts you at the scene of some of the most important and storied battles in the history of North America. From George Washington's charges against the French in the mid-1700s to the lengthy and drawn-out wars in the western territories between the ever-advancing white frontier settlers and Native American tribes, Sabin's book is an important record of American history. This Skyhorse reprint of the 1920 text faithfully reproduces Boys' book of border battles in its original state, complete with high-quality replicas of the illustration plates that accompany the book.
