Faces of Béxar : early San Antonio and Texas /
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| Author / Creator: | Teja, Jesús F. de la, 1956- author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016] |
| Description: | xv, 223 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10518417 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Spanish Colonial Texas
- 2. "A Fine Country with Broad Plains-The Most Beautiful in New Spain": Views of Land and Nature in Colonial San Antonio
- 3. Forgotten Founders: The Military Settlers of Eighteenth-Century San Antonio de Bexar
- 4. "To the Last Drop of Our Blood": Defending King and Empire in San Antonio
- 5. The Saltillo Fair and Its San Antonio Connections
- 6. Why Urbano and Maria Trinidad Can't Get Married: Social Relations in Late Colonial San Antonio
- 7. "Buena gana tenía de ir a jugar": The Recreational World of Early San Antonio, Texas, 1718-1845
- 8. Discovering the Tejano Community in "Early" Texas
- 9. Rebellion on the Frontier
- 10. The Colonization and Independence of Texas: A Tejano Perspective
- Bibliographic Essay
- Index
