Her Majesty's Texans
Author: Robert J. Robertson
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780890968413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo English Immigrants in Reconstruction Texas.
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The Episcopal Church in Texas, 1838-1874
Author: Lawrence L. Brown
Publisher:
Published: 1963
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmily Austin of Texas 1795-1851
Author: Light Townsend Cummins
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2019-04-18
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 0875657249
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Austin family left an indelible mark on Texas and the expanding American nation. In this insightful biography, Light Townsend Cummins turns the historical spotlight on Emily Austin, the daughter who followed the trails of the western frontier to Texas, where she saw the burgeoning young colony erupt in revolution, establish a proud republic, and usher in the period of antebellum statehood. Emily's journey was one of remarkable personal change as the rigors of frontier life shaped her into a uniquely self-reliant southern woman, one who fulfilled the role of the plantation mistress while taking a distinct hand in ambitious public ventures. Despite her ties to influential family members, including her brother Stephen F. Austin, Emily's determined spirit allowed her to live on her own terms. In all of her notable activities, Emily principally remained a devoted daughter, sister, wife, and mother who proudly clung to her Austin roots. Utilizing her family's written correspondence, Cummins provides insight into Emily's multifaceted personality and the relationships that sustained her through times of tribulation and triumph. "Emily was very much her own woman, with strong, well-articulated personal feelings centered on a steely personality. Her rock-solid resolve for action enabled her to survive almost six decades of frontier hardship . . . Above all else, Emily Austin was the touchstone at the center of an extended family that provided a common point of reference for four generations . . . " Light Cummins, from Emily Austin
The Confederates of Chappell Hill, Texas
Author: Stephen Chicoine
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011-12-15
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 0786464186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTexas was the South's frontier in the antebellum period. The vast new state represented the hope and future of many Southern cotton planters. As a result, Texas changed tremendously during the 1850s as increasing numbers of Southern planters moved westward to settle. Planters brought with them large numbers of slaves to plant, cultivate and pick the valuable cash crop; by 1860, slaves made up 30 percent of the total Texas population. No state in the South grew nearly as fast as Texas during this decade, and as the booming economy for cotton led the economic development, the state became increasingly embroiled in the national debate about whether slavery should exist within a democratic republic dedicated to the freedom and independence of man. This work is centered on the role played by the town of Chappell Hill during this portion of Texas history. It offers details about the area's pre-war prosperity as a center of wealth, influence and aristocracy and describes the angry fervor of the period leading up to the war. Men of this small town played a role in many of the major campaigns and battles of the war, and their motivations for enlisting and their tales of duty are included here. Through excerpts from their correspondence and journals, the book emphasizes personal experiences of the soldiers. Post-war adventures are also offered as the author explores Texas resistance to Federal occupation, the town's yellow fever epidemic and a period of reconciliation as aging veterans gather at Blue-Gray reunions to reunite the nation.
Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Author: Edward Clowes Chorley
Publisher:
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13:
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Tejano Journey, 1770-1850
Author: Gerald Eugene Poyo
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780292765702
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA century before the arrival of Stephen F. Austin's colonists, Spanish settlers from Mexico were putting down roots in Texas. From San Antonio de Bexar and La Bahia (Goliad) northeastward to Los Adaes and later Nacogdoches, they formed communities that evolved their own distinct "Tejano" identity. In Tejano Journey, 1770-1850, Gerald Poyo and other noted borderlands historians track the changes and continuities within Tejano communities during the years in which Texas passed from Spain to Mexico to the Republic of Texas and finally to the United States. The authors show how a complex process of accommodation and resistance--marked at different periods by Tejano insurrections, efforts to work within the political and legal systems, and isolation from the mainstream--characterized these years of changing sovereignty. While interest in Spanish and Mexican borderlands history has grown tremendously in recent years, the story has never been fully told from the Tejano perspective. This book complements and continues the history begun in Tejano Origins in Eighteenth-Century San Antonio, which Gerald E. Poyo edited with Gilberto M. Hinojosa.
Texas, the Dark Corner of the Confederacy
Author: B. P. Gallaway
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780803270367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollection of forty documents dating from the eve of the Civil War to the collaspe of the Confederacy chronicling the Civil War in Texas.
Black Texans
Author: Alwyn Barr
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780806128788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKdiscusses each period of African-American history in terms of politics, violence, and legal status; labor and economic status; education; and social life. Black Texans includes the history of the buffalo soldiers and the cowboys on Texas cattle drives, along with the achievements of notable African-American individuals in Texas history, from Estevan the explorer through legislator Norris Wright Cuney and boxer Jack Johnson to state senator Barbara Jordan. Barr carries.
Episcopal Women
Author: the late Catherine M. Prelinger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996-03-14
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 0195344529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe opening of the ordained ministry to women, in the larger context of the women's movement in America, has created an unprecedented situation within Protestant denominations. Women are now increasingly visible in religious organizations previously administered solely by men. Congregations, church agencies, educational institutions, and volunteer organizations are all affected by the "gender shift" within mainstream Protestantism. Episcopal Women is the first careful historical and sociological study of the impact of these gender changes on a particular religious institution. This groundbreaking volume includes essays on Episcopal theology and women's spirituality, the urban church, aging and the church, women's organizations, women donors, clerical leadership, and black women's experience in the Episcopal Church.
