Spanish Texas, 1519-1821: Revised Edition (clifton And Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)
by Donald E. Chipman /
2010 / English / PDF
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Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to
sixteenth-century encounters between Europeans and Indians who
contested control over a vast land. Unlike Mexico, however, Texas
eventually received the stamp of Anglo-American culture, so that
Spanish contributions to present-day Texas tend to be obscured or
even unknown. The first edition of
Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to
sixteenth-century encounters between Europeans and Indians who
contested control over a vast land. Unlike Mexico, however, Texas
eventually received the stamp of Anglo-American culture, so that
Spanish contributions to present-day Texas tend to be obscured or
even unknown. The first edition ofSpanish Texas,
1519-1821
Spanish Texas,
1519-1821 (1992) sought to emphasize the significance of
the Spanish period in Texas history. Beginning with information
on the land and its inhabitants before the arrival of Europeans,
the original volume covered major people and events from early
exploration to the end of the colonial era.
(1992) sought to emphasize the significance of
the Spanish period in Texas history. Beginning with information
on the land and its inhabitants before the arrival of Europeans,
the original volume covered major people and events from early
exploration to the end of the colonial era.
This new edition of
This new edition ofSpanish Texas
Spanish Texas has been
extensively revised and expanded to include a wealth of
discoveries about Texas history since 1990. The opening chapter
on Texas Indians reveals their high degree of independence from
European influence and extended control over their own lives.
Other chapters incorporate new information on La Salle's Garcitas
Creek colony and French influences in Texas, the destruction of
the San Sabá mission and the Spanish punitive expedition to the
Red River in the late 1750s, and eighteenth-century Bourbon
reforms in the Americas. Drawing on their own and others'
research, the authors also provide more inclusive coverage of the
role of women of various ethnicities in Spanish Texas and of the
legal rights of women on the Texas frontier, demonstrating that
whether European or Indian, elite or commoner, slave owner or
slave, women enjoyed legal protections not heretofore fully
appreciated.
has been
extensively revised and expanded to include a wealth of
discoveries about Texas history since 1990. The opening chapter
on Texas Indians reveals their high degree of independence from
European influence and extended control over their own lives.
Other chapters incorporate new information on La Salle's Garcitas
Creek colony and French influences in Texas, the destruction of
the San Sabá mission and the Spanish punitive expedition to the
Red River in the late 1750s, and eighteenth-century Bourbon
reforms in the Americas. Drawing on their own and others'
research, the authors also provide more inclusive coverage of the
role of women of various ethnicities in Spanish Texas and of the
legal rights of women on the Texas frontier, demonstrating that
whether European or Indian, elite or commoner, slave owner or
slave, women enjoyed legal protections not heretofore fully
appreciated.