Matamoros and the Texas Revolution /

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The traditional story of the Texas Revolution remembers the Alamo and Goliad but has forgotten Matamoros, the strategic Mexican port city on the turbulent lower Rio Grande. In this book, the author restores the centrality of Matamoros by showing the genuine economic, geographic, social, and military...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roell, Craig H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Denton : Texas State Historical Association, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States Local History.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836.
Matamoros Expedition > (1835-1836)
Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > History > 19th century.
Texas.
Mexico > Matamoros (Tamaulipas)
Texas > Histoire > 1835-1836 (Revolution)
Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836.
Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing Matamoros : pearl of great price
  • Envisioning Matamoros : refuge among the estuaries
  • Puerta Matamoros : doorway to Texas, the Gulf ... and the world
  • Patriótica Matamoros : revolution in Texas
  • Planning a brilliant folly : the Texan expedition
  • Judas, scoundrels, wolves, and rascally acquirements
  • Triumphant Matamoros : the Mexican expedition
  • Epilogue : Heróica Matamoros.

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