Contested empire : rethinking the Texas Revolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schlereth, Eric R. (Author)
Other Authors:	Haynes, Sam W. (Sam Walter), 1956- (Editor), Saxon, Gerald D. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	College Station : Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press, [2015].
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures ; 46.
Subjects:	Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836. Texas > History > To 1846. Texas > Relations > Mexico. Mexico > Relations > Texas. United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861. Texas > Annexation to the United States. Texas > Ethnic relations > Political aspects. Irredentism.

Table of Contents:

Voluntary Mexicans: allegiance and the origins of the Texas Revolution / Eric Schlereth
"Imitating the example of our forefathers" : the Texas Revolution as historical re-enactment / Sam W. Haynes
Politics and profits: Mexican officials and land speculation in Texas, 1824-1835 / Miguel Soto
The Texan Revolution of 1835-1836 and early Mexican nationalism / Will Fowler
"Time's noblest empire is the last" : Texas annexation in the presumed course of American empire / Amy S. Greenberg.