Mexican Americans in Texas History: Selected Essays (open access)

Mexican Americans in Texas History: Selected Essays

Book containing eleven essays from the Texas State Historical Association's "Mexican Americans in Texas History" conference. The essays discuss the history of Mexicans in Texas, their social and political culture, and conflicts with Anglo-Americans.
Date: 2000
Creator: Zamora, Emilio; Orozco, Cynthia & Rocha, Rodolfo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women and Texas History: Selected Essays (open access)

Women and Texas History: Selected Essays

Book containing thirteen essays presented at the Texas State Historical Association's "Women and Texas History" conference. The essays relate to the role of women in the history of Texas.
Date: 1993
Creator: Downs, Fane & Jones, Nancy Baker
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Portable Handbook of Texas (open access)

The Portable Handbook of Texas

Book containing a brief history Texas from prehistoric times to the end of the twentieth century. Following this is a series of alphabetical arranged articles which cover various aspects of Texas history, including significant communities, people, institutions, and agencies.
Date: 2000
Creator: Barkley, Roy R., 1941- & Odintz, Mark F., 1953-
System: The Portal to Texas History
Almonte's Texas: Juan N. Almonte's 1834 Inspection, Secret Report & Role in the 1836 Campaign (open access)

Almonte's Texas: Juan N. Almonte's 1834 Inspection, Secret Report & Role in the 1836 Campaign

Book containing Mexican Col. Juan N. Almonte's 1834 report concerning the measures necessary to prevent the loss of Texas, as well as fifty of his letters, and the journal he kept while at the side of Santa Anna during the Texas rebellion in 1836.
Date: 2003
Creator: Jackson, Jack, 1941-2006 & Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno, 1803-1869
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women in Early Texas (open access)

Women in Early Texas

Book containing biographies of fifty women who were involved with the development of Texas. The women come from a wide variety of classes and ethnic groups, and many of the authors are descended from their subjects.
Date: 1993
Creator: Carrington, Evelyn M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mistress of Manifest Destiny: A Biography of Jane McManus Storm Cazneau, 1807-1878 (open access)

Mistress of Manifest Destiny: A Biography of Jane McManus Storm Cazneau, 1807-1878

Book containing a biography of Jane McManus Storm Cazneau, a journalist, publicist, and advocate for military, political, and class reforms. Includes her time in New York, Texas, and Cuba, as well as her coverage of the Mexican War.
Date: 2001
Creator: Hudson, Linda S.
System: The Portal to Texas History