{"product_id":"the-history-of-texas-isbn-9781119581437","title":"The History of Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most comprehensive, best-illustrated survey of the Lone Star State—the new, updated edition of the classic text\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of Texas\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sweeping exploration of the Lone Star State, covering its history from the pre-Columbian period, to the era of Spanish control, to nineteenth century watershed events, through the 1900s and into the new millennium. This engaging, student-friendly textbook looks at how people of diverse politics, identity, class, ethnicity, and race shaped the state’s past and continue to influence its present. Recent knowledge on the political, social, and cultural history of Texas provides insights on the celebrated figures, unsung heroes, and ordinary people of the state’s past. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe sixth edition of this classic text has been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship in all fields of Texas history, among them New Indian History and cultural and gender studies. The text offers fresh perspectives on Texas history, including discussions of the Progressive Era, the Great Depression, the Second World War and post-war modernization, and the state’s transition during the 1960s and into the 1980s. Revised chapters provide wide-ranging coverage of Texas in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including recent statewide and national elections and political debates. This textbook:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConnects events in post-World War II Texas to the larger U.S. historical narrative\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers substantial coverage of events occurring from 1900 to 2018\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses a chronological approach to divide chapters into easily identifiable eras\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes engaging illustrations, maps, and tables, an appendix, and inclusive lists of recommended readings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures online resources for students and instructors, including a test bank, maps, presentation slides, and more \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEffectively organized to better meet the needs of instructors, \u003ci\u003eThe History of Texas\u003c\/i\u003e is the ideal resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in Texas history at colleges and universities across both the state and the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Contact of Civilizations, 1521–1721\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Spaniards in a Far Northern Frontera, 1721–1821\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Mexican Texas, 1821–1836\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Launching a Nation, 1836–1848\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Statehood, Secession, and Civil War, 1848–1865\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1876\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 A Frontier Society in Transition, 1876–1886\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Texas in the Age of Agrarian Discontent, 1886–1900\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Texas in the Progressive Era, 1900–1929\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Texas and the Great Depression, 1929–1941\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 War, Prosperity, and Modernization, 1941–1960\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Texas in Transition, 1960–1986\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 A New Texas? 1986–2001\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Into the New Millennium, 2001–2018\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert A. Calvert\u003c\/b\u003e was an American historian and professor at Texas A\u0026amp;M University, best known for his scholarship and textbook on the history of Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnoldo De León \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Angelo State University. He is a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, and author of several works on Texas and Mexican American history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregg Cantrell \u003c\/b\u003eis the Erma and Ralph Lowe Chair in Texas History at Texas Christian University. He is author and editor of numerous works on Texas history, and Fellow and former President of the Texas State Historical Association.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most comprehensive, best-illustrated survey of the Lone Star State—the new, updated edition of the classic text\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of Texas\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sweeping exploration of the Lone Star State, covering its history from the pre-Columbian period, to the era of Spanish control, to nineteenth century watershed events, through the 1900s and into the new millennium. This engaging, student-friendly textbook looks at how people of diverse politics, identity, class, ethnicity, and race shaped the state’s past and continue to influence its present. 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