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Print Price: $115.99

Format:
Paperback
480 pp.
6.125" x 9.25"

ISBN-13:
9780190642396

Copyright Year:
2017

Imprint: OUP US

Gone to Texas

A History of the Lone Star State, Third Edition

Randolph B. Campbell

Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 10,000 years ago to the opening of the twenty-first century. Focusing on the state's successive waves of immigrants, the book offers an inclusive view of the vast array of Texans who, often in conflict with each other and always in a struggle with the land, created a history and an idea of Texas.

An Instructor's Resource Manual and a set of approximately 400 PowerPoint slides to accompany Gone to Texas, Third Edition, are now available to adopters. Please contact your local Oxford University Press representative for details.

Readership : A main text for the History of Texas course.

Reviews

"The new standard history of America's most unusual state. It is a balanced account, beautifully written with verve and wit."
--William H. Goetzmann, The University of Texas at Austin
"One of the best crafted, most thoroughly researched, and masterfully presented histories in one volume ever written about this state. It is nothing short of an historical tour de force."
--Light T. Cummins, Austin College
"The best, most comprehensive account of the Lone Star saga that I know of; the place to start if you prefer Texas history to Texas mythology."
--Fritz Lanham, Houston Chronicle

Maps and Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgment
1. The First Texans
2. Exploration and Adventure, 1519-1689
3. Spanish Texas, 1690-1779
4. Spanish Texas in the Age of Revolutions, 1779-1821
5. Mexican Texas, 1821-1835
6. The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
7. The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846
8. Frontier Texas, 1846-1861
9. Empire State of the South, 1846-1861
10. The Civil War, 1861-1865
11. Reconstruction, 1865-1876
12. The Old West, 1877-1900
13. The New South and the Populist Revolt, 1877-1900
14. The Progressive Era, 1901-1920
15. The "Prosperity Decade," 1921-1929
16. The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
17. The Rise of Modern Texas, 1945-1971
18. Modern Texas, 1971-2000
19. Texas in the New Millennium, 2001-2016
20. The Texas Mystique in the Twenty-First Century
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Select Bibliography
Index

There are no Instructor/Student Resources available at this time.

Randolph B. "Mike" Campbell is Regents Professor of History at the University of North Texas. He is the author of several books, including Sam Houston and the American Southwest, Third Edition (2006).

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Special Features

Examines the history of the Lone Star State by placing at the center of the story the waves of people - from Native Americans to Asians - who have continually shaped Texan history.
Offers both an interpretation of the Texan past as well as the essential information one needs in order to understand its past.
Beautifully written with verve and wit by an accomplished historian.

New to this Edition

To improve narrative flow and to keep the book at a manageable length, Chapters 1 through 18 have been revised to reduce the number of words by an average of 10 percent.
Chapter 19 is thoroughly revised. It includes coverage of the years from 2010 to 2016, providing material not in the first edition.
Chapter 20 expands on the concept of the "Texas Mystique" in the twenty-first century.
The Select Bibliography is revised and expanded for every chapter.
An Instructor's Resource Manual and a deck of PowerPoint slides are available to adopters.