The History of Texas. Robert A. Calvert

      1  Cover

      2  Maps

      3  Preface and Acknowledgments

      4  About the Companion Website

      5  1 Contact of Civilizations, 1521–1721 The Diversity of New World Cultures The Indians of Texas The Iberian Legacy Los Reyes Católicos Looking for Fortunes in Texas Readings

      6  2 Spaniards in a Far Northern Frontera, 1721–1821 Frontier Institutions Frontier Society Indian Accommodation and Resistance The Bourbon Reforms Texas Toward the End of the Spanish Era Independence from Spain Resilience Readings

      7  3 Mexican Texas, 1821–1836 Immigration Empresario Contracts The Native Mexicans of Texas Anglos and the Mexican Government Mexican and American Capitalists The Law of April 6, 1830, Resisted Liberals in Power The Ineffectiveness of the Law of April 6, 1830 Multicultural Society The Centralists Back in Power, 1834–1836 The War for Texas Independence Readings

      8  4 Launching a Nation, 1836–1848 Republicanism The Politics of Caution The Politics of Action Retrenchment Demographic Growth The Texians Cultural Regions Women in the Republic of Texas Religion The Rise of Towns Learning and Plain Folks Transportation Recognition in Europe Friction with Mexico Annexation The War with Mexico End of the Lone Star Republic Readings

      9  5 Statehood, Secession, and Civil War, 1848–1865 The Texas Economy at Midcentury Texas Society at Midcentury Texas Politics at Midcentury Texas and the Civil War Readings

      10  6 The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1876 Aftermath of the War Congressional Reconstruction The Davis Administration and Radical Reconstruction Black Texans During Reconstruction A Perilous Place in Which to Live The Indian Displacement The Rise of the Cattle Kingdom “Redemption” The Constitution of 1876 Readings

      11  7 A Frontier Society in Transition, 1876–1886 The Texas Population The Closing of the Open Range Sheep and Goats Violence and Lawlessness The