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  • Seeds of Empire

    Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850

    by Andrew J. Torget ...
    Series series The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
    By the late 1810s, a global revolution in cotton had remade the U.S.-Mexico border, bringing wealth and waves of Americans to the Gulf Coast while also devastating the lives and villages of Mexicans in Texas. In response, Mexico threw open its northern territories to American farmers in hopes that cotton could bring prosperity to the region. Thousands of Anglo-Americans poured into Texas, but ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • These Ragged Edges

    Histories of Violence along the U.S.-Mexico Border

    Edited by Andrew J. Torget, Gerardo Gurza-Lavalle ...
    Series series The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
    The U.S.-Mexico border has earned an enduring reputation as a site of violence. During the past twenty years in particular, the drug wars—fueled by the international movement of narcotics and vast sums of money—have burned an abiding image of the border as a place of endemic danger into the consciousness of both countries. By the media, popular culture, and politicians, mayhem and brutality are ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Crucible of the Civil War

    Virginia from Secession to Commemoration

    Edited by Edward L. Ayers, Gary W. Gallagher, Andrew J. Torget ...
    Crucible of the Civil War offers an illuminating portrait of the state’s wartime economic, political, and social institutions. Weighing in on contentious issues within established scholarship while also breaking ground in areas long neglected by scholars, the contributors examine such concerns as the war’s effect on slavery in the state, the wartime intersection of race and religion, and the ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • A Southern Community in Crisis

    Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880

    by Randolph B. Campbell ...
    Historians have published countless studies of the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865 and the era of Reconstruction that followed those four years of brutally destructive conflict. Most of these works focus on events and developments at the national or state level, explaining and analyzing the causes of disunion, the course of the war, and the bitter disputes that arose during restoration of the ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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    Last Spanish Ruler of Texas and Northeastern New Spain

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  • Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

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  • El Norte

    The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America

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    A sweeping saga of the Spanish history and influence in North America over five centuries, from the acclaimed author of Empire's Crossroads.Because of our shared English language, as well as the celebrated origin tales of the Mayflower and the rebellion of the British colonies, the United States has prized its Anglo heritage above all others. However, as Carrie Gibson explains with great depth and ... Read more

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