The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the making of Texas /

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All Texans, or their ancestors, started as something else. The families that came here molded the state and were molded by it. Anne H. Sutherland explores just how the experiences of two of the early Anglo land-grant families--the Robertsons and the Sutherlands--shaped Texas events and how the famil...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sutherland, Anne, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2006.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 25.
Temas:
Sutherland, Anne, > 1945- > Family.
Robertson family.
Sutherland family.
Robertson family
Sutherland, Anne, > 1945-
Sutherland family
Robertson.
Sutherland.
Heard.
Menefee.
Rogers.
Wells.
White.
Scots-Irish > Texas > History.
Scots-Irish > Texas > Biography.
Irlandais d'origine écossaise > Texas > Histoire.
Irlandais d'origine écossaise > Texas > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Families
Scots-Irish
Texas > History.
Texas > Biography.
Texas > Biographies.
Texas
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Discovering my Texas identity
  • Writing as a tradition
  • The Robertson papers
  • Learning Texas history
  • Sterling Clack Robertson, empresario
  • The Alabama settlement
  • The prayer on the Sabine
  • Making a living
  • The Comanche, Karankawa, Lipan Apache, and Tonkawa
  • Political rumblings in the Alabama settlement
  • The Alabama settlement at war
  • The Texas revolution as myth and identity ritual
  • Aftermath of the war : tragedy and humor
  • Getting rid of wildness
  • The wild woman of the Navidad
  • The civilizing elites : Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson
  • The end of slavery
  • Remember who you are
  • The macaroni road comes to Edna
  • The migration to Uvalde
  • Getting an education
  • Family reunions.

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