Passionate nation : the epic history of Texas / James L. Haley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Texas authorsPublication details: New York : Free Press, Description: xviii, 636 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0684862913
  • 9780684862910
  • 9781439110188
  • 1439110182
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 976.4 22
LOC classification:
  • F386 .H2355 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Gold and souls -- From empresarios to independence -- From nation to state -- Cattle empire -- Oil empire.
Summary: Chronicles the Lone Star state's history from the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth century, to the conflict at the Alamo, to the state's contradictory role in America today, in an account that explores its diverse cultural heritage.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-588) and index.

Chronicles the Lone Star state's history from the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth century, to the conflict at the Alamo, to the state's contradictory role in America today, in an account that explores its diverse cultural heritage.

Gold and souls -- From empresarios to independence -- From nation to state -- Cattle empire -- Oil empire.

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