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Tejano Tiger : José de los Santos Benavides and the Texas-Mexico borderlands, 1823-1891 /

Riding the rough and sometimes bloody peaks and canyons of border politics, Santos Benavides?s rise to prominence was largely the result of the careful mentoring of his well-known uncle, Basilio Benavides, who served several terms as alcalde of Laredo, Texas, and Chief Justice of Webb County. When t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Jerry D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2016]
Colección:TCU Texas biography series ; no. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Revolutions without end
  • Mexico has lost Laredo forever
  • Secession and Civil War
  • Cotton and blood
  • Forsaken corner of the Confederacy
  • Peacemaking on the Border
  • Ballots and bullets
  • Beyond the memory of living men
  • International diplomat
  • Epilogue.