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Faces of Béxar : early San Antonio and Texas.

Faces of Bexar showcases the finest work of Jesús F. de la Teja, a foremost authority on Spanish colonial Mexico and Texas through the Republic. These essays trace the arc of the author's career over a quarter of a century. A new bibliographic essay on early San Antonio and Texas history round...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Teja, Jesús F. de la (Autor), Teja, Jesâus F. de la (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] Texas A & M University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Spanish colonial Texas
  • "A fine country with broad plains
  • the most beautiful in New Spain" : views of land and nature in colonial San Antonio
  • Forgotten founders : the military settlers of eighteenth-century San Antonio de Bexar
  • "To the last drop of our blood" : defending king and empire in San Antonio
  • The Saltillo Fair and its San Antonio connections
  • Why Urbano and Maria Trinidad can't get married : social relations in late colonial San Antonio
  • "Buena gana tenia de ir a jugar" : the recreational world of early San Antonio, Texas, 1718-1845
  • Discovering the Tejano community in "early" Texas
  • Rebellion on the frontier
  • The colonization and independence of Texas : a Tejano perspective.