Spanish Texas, 1519–1821: Revised EditionThis revised and expanded edition of the authoritative history of Spanish Texas features significant new discoveries throughout. Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to sixteenth-century encounters between Europeans and Indians. 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. Spanish Texas, 1519–1821 undercores the significance of the Spanish period in Texas history. Beginning with an overview of the land and its inhabitants before the arrival of Europeans, it covers major people and events from early exploration to the end of the colonial era. This new edition of Spanish Texas has been extensively revised and expanded to include a wealth of new discoveries. The opening chapter on Texas Indians reveals their high degree of independence from European influence. 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 new and original research, the authors shed new light on the experience of women in Spanish Texas across ethnic, racial, and class distinctions, including new revelations about their legal rights on the Texas frontier. |
Contents
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Chapter Two Explorers and Conquistadors 15191543 | 23 |
Chapter Three The Northward Advance toward Texas 15431680 | 44 |
Chapter Four Rio Grande Focus and the French Challenge in Texas 16801689 | 60 |
Chapter Five International Rivalry and the East Texas Missions 16891714 | 83 |
Chapter Six The Spanish Occupation of Texas 17141722 | 104 |
Chapter Seven Retrenchment Islanders and Indians 17221746 | 128 |
Chapter Eight Mission Presidio and Settlement Expansion 17461762 | 148 |
Chapter Eleven The Twilight of Spanish Texas 18031821 | 230 |
Chapter Twelve The Legacies of Spanish Texas | 256 |
Appendix One Governors of Spanish Texas 16911821 | 277 |
Appendix Two Commandants General of the Interior Provinces 17761821 | 279 |
Appendix Three Viceroys of New Spain 15351821 | 281 |
List of Abbreviations | 283 |
Notes | 285 |
Bibliography | 329 |
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