Spanish Texas, 1519–1821 : : Revised Edition / / Harriett Denise Joseph, Donald E. Chipman.

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 o...

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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2010
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:Revised Edition
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction to the Second Edition
  • One Texas: Geography and First People
  • Two Explorers and Conquistadors, 1519–1543
  • Three The Northward Advance toward Texas, 1543–1680
  • Four Rio Grande Focus and the French Challenge in Texas, 1680–1689
  • Five International Rivalry and the East Texas Missions, 1689–1714
  • Six The Spanish Occupation of Texas, 1714–1722
  • Seven Retrenchment, Islanders, and Indians, 1722–1746
  • Eight Mission, Presidio, and Settlement Expansion, 1746–17
  • Nine The Changing International Scene and Life in Texas, 1762–1783
  • Ten Anglo-American Encroachments and Texas at the Turn of a Century, 1783–1803
  • Eleven The Twilight of Spanish Texas, 1803–1821
  • Twelve The Legacies of Spanish Texas
  • Appendix 1 Governors of Spanish Texas, 1691–1821
  • Appendix 2 Commandants General of the Interior Provinces, 1776–1821
  • Appendix 3 Viceroys of New Spain, 1535–1821
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index