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Not an Outraged Generation: White Student Liberals and Limited Integration at the University of Texas at Austin, 1946–1960 Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 John A. Moretta
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Not an Outraged Generation:White Student Liberals and Limited Integration at the University of Texas at Austin, 1946–1960 John A. Moretta (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Representatives from University of Texas student organizations listen to an unidentified man speak on the Marion Heman Sweatt case in November 1946. ND-46-262-01
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How Alta Vista Became Prairie View: Lawrence Washburne Minor and the Beginnings of Public Higher Education for African Americans in Texas Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 John A. Adams Jr.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: How Alta Vista Became Prairie View:Lawrence Washburne Minor and the Beginnings of Public Higher Education for African Americans in Texas John A. Adams Jr. (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Lawrence W. Minor. Courtesy of Prairie View University Archives. [End Page 268] Lawrence Washburne Minor was, in many ways, a quintessential
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A Family of Five Generations of Texas Physicians Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Carlos R. Hamilton Jr.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Family of Five Generations of Texas Physicians Carlos R. Hamilton Jr., MD, FACP, MACE (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution W L. and Algie Denman [End Page 288] The original motivation for this manuscript came in response to the interest expressed by my friends and peers when they learned that our son, Carlos Hamilton III
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Southwestern Collection Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Southwestern Collection The Texas State Historical Association will host its 128th Annual Meeting in College Station on February 28–March 2, 2024 at the Texas A&M Conference Center. Registration will open Fall 2023. Held each year since the Association's founding, TSHA's Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of its kind for Texas history
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That They May Possess the Land: The Spanish and Mexican Land Commissioners of Texas, 1720–1836 by Galen D. Greaser (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 James A. Bernsen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: That They May Possess the Land: The Spanish and Mexican Land Commissioners of Texas, 1720–1836 by Galen D. Greaser James A. Bernsen That They May Possess the Land: The Spanish and Mexican Land Commissioners of Texas, 1720–1836. By Galen D. Greaser. ( Independently published, 2023. Pp. 336.) Galen D. Greaser's work takes up
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Texas Lithographs: A Century of History in Images by Ron Tyler (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Michael Grauer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Texas Lithographs: A Century of History in Images by Ron Tyler Michael Grauer Texas Lithographs: A Century of History in Images. By Ron Tyler. ( Austin: University of Texas Press, 2023. Pp. 640. Illustrations, notes, index.) To paraphrase Ralph Waldo Emerson, ever so slightly, regarding Texas: "Our logrolling, our stumps and
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King Fisher: The Short Life and Elusive Legend of a Texas Desperado by Chuck Parsons and Thomas C. Bicknell (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 William C. Yancey
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: King Fisher: The Short Life and Elusive Legend of a Texas Desperado by Chuck Parsons and Thomas C. Bicknell William C. Yancey King Fisher: The Short Life and Elusive Legend of a Texas Desperado. By Chuck Parsons and Thomas C. Bicknell. (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2022. Pp. 272. Illustrations, appendices, notes
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Emmet J. Scott: Power Broker of the Tuskegee Machine by Maceo C. Dailey Jr. (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Mark Stanley
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Emmet J. Scott: Power Broker of the Tuskegee Machine by Maceo C. Dailey Jr. Mark Stanley Emmet J. Scott: Power Broker of the Tuskegee Machine. By Maceo C. Dailey Jr. Ed. by Will Guzmán, and David H. Jackson Jr. (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2023. Pp. 424. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.) Emmet J. Scott
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Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas ed. by George Keaton Jr. and Judith Garrett Segura (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Makenzie A. Wiley
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas ed. by George Keaton Jr. and Judith Garrett Segura Makenzie A. Wiley Our Stories: Black Families in Early Dallas. Ed. By George Keaton Jr. & Judith Garrett Segura. (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2022. Pp. 334. Illustrations, notes, index.) This collection of stories and
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Borders of Violence and Justice: Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Law Enforcement in the Southwest, 1835–1935 by Brian D. Behnken (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Tim Bowman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Borders of Violence and Justice: Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Law Enforcement in the Southwest, 1835–1935 by Brian D. Behnken Tim Bowman Borders of Violence and Justice: Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Law Enforcement in the Southwest, 1835–1935. By Brian D. Behnken. ( Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press,
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These Ragged Edges: Histories of Violence along the U.S.-Mexico Border ed. by Andrew J. Torget and Gerardo Gurza-Lavalle (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Trinidad Gonzales
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: These Ragged Edges: Histories of Violence along the U.S.-Mexico Border ed. by Andrew J. Torget and Gerardo Gurza-Lavalle Trinidad Gonzales These Ragged Edges: Histories of Violence along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Edited by Andrew J. Torget and Gerardo Gurza-Lavalle. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Pp
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William F. Buckley Sr.: Witness to the Mexican Revolution, 1908–1922 by John A. Adams Jr. (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Steven Collins
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: William F. Buckley Sr.: Witness to the Mexican Revolution, 1908–1922 by John A. Adams Jr. Steven Collins William F. Buckley Sr.: Witness to the Mexican Revolution, 1908–1922. By John A. Adams Jr. ( Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2023. Pp. 320. Illustrations, map, graph, tables, notes, bibliography, index.) In William
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Steeped in a Culture of Violence: Murder, Racial Injustice, and Other Crimes in Texas, 1965–2020 ed. by Brandon T. Jett and Kenneth Howell (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Vincent Giardino
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Steeped in a Culture of Violence: Murder, Racial Injustice, and Other Crimes in Texas, 1965–2020 ed. by Brandon T. Jett and Kenneth Howell Vincent Giardino Steeped in a Culture of Violence: Murder, Racial Injustice, and Other Crimes in Texas, 1965–2020. Ed. By Brandon T. Jett and Kenneth Howell. (College Station: Texas A&M
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Man with the Killer Smile: The Life and Crimes of a Serial Mass Murderer by Mitchel P. Roth (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 James Presley
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Man with the Killer Smile: The Life and Crimes of a Serial Mass Murderer by Mitchel P. Roth James Presley Man with the Killer Smile: The Life and Crimes of a Serial Mass Murderer. By Mitchel P. Roth. ( Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2022. Pp. 352. Notes, appendix, bibliography, index, illustrations.) Serial killers
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Texas Secessionists Standoff: The 1997 Republic of Texas "War" by Donna Marie Miller (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Darren L. Ivey
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Texas Secessionists Standoff: The 1997 Republic of Texas "War" by Donna Marie Miller Darren L. Ivey Texas Secessionists Standoff: The 1997 Republic of Texas "War." By Donna Marie Miller. ( College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2023. Pp. 336. Photographs, bibliography, index.) For more than fifty years, sustained political
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Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement by Wesley G. Phelps (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 La Shonda Mims
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement by Wesley G. Phelps La Shonda Mims Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement. By Wesley G. Phelps. ( Austin: University of Texas Press, 2023. Pp. 292. Notes, index, photos.) In popular opinion, social movements are often defined by major
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New Mexico's Moses: Reies López Tijerina and the Religious Origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Ramón Gutiérrez (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Maggie Elmore
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: New Mexico's Moses: Reies López Tijerina and the Religious Origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Ramón Gutiérrez Maggie Elmore New Mexico's Moses: Reies López Tijerina and the Religious Origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. By Ramón Gutiérrez. ( Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press
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The Architecture of Birdsall P. Briscoe by Stephen Fox (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Kathryn E. Holliday
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Architecture of Birdsall P. Briscoe by Stephen Fox Kathryn E. Holliday The Architecture of Birdsall P. Briscoe. By Stephen Fox. Photographs by Paul Hester. ( College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2022. Pp, 456. 308 color, 36 b&w photos, 6 line art; appendix, bibliography, index.) While for historians of Texas the
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Battle for the Heart of Texas: Political Change in the Electorate by Mark Owens, Ken Wink, and Kenneth Bryant Jr. (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Joel Webster
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Battle for the Heart of Texas: Political Change in the Electorate by Mark Owens, Ken Wink, and Kenneth Bryant Jr. Joel Webster Battle for the Heart of Texas: Political Change in the Electorate. By Mark Owens, Ken Wink, & Kenneth Bryant Jr. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2022. Pp. 210. Illustrations, tables, notes,
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Historic Buildings of Waco, Texas by Kenneth Hafertepe (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Maggie Valentine
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Historic Buildings of Waco, Texas by Kenneth Hafertepe Maggie Valentine Historic Buildings of Waco, Texas. By Kenneth Hafertepe. ( College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2023. Pp. 320. Photographs, maps, appendices, bibliography, index.) To those who can see beyond the atrocities of the Branch Davidians, the pop culture
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The Dallas Story: The North American Aviation Plant and Industrial Mobilization During World War II by Terrance Furgerson (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Richard Selcer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Dallas Story: The North American Aviation Plant and Industrial Mobilization During World War II by Terrance Furgerson Richard Selcer The Dallas Story: The North American Aviation Plant and Industrial Mobilization During World War II. By Terrance Furgerson. ( Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2023. Pp. 403. Illustrations
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Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle by Lucie Genay (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Terry Furgerson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle by Lucie Genay Terry Furgerson Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle. By Lucie Genay. ( Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2022. Pp. 304. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography
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For the Sake of the Song: Essays on Townes Van Zandt ed. by Anne Norton Holbrook and Dan Bellar-McKenna (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Joe W. Specht
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: For the Sake of the Song: Essays on Townes Van Zandt ed. by Anne Norton Holbrook and Dan Bellar-McKenna Joe W. Specht For the Sake of the Song: Essays on Townes Van Zandt. Ed. By Anne Norton Holbrook and Dan Bellar-McKenna. (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2022. Pp. 222. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.)
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A Personal Reminiscence of Bob Bullock Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Claudia DeLaughter Stravato
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Personal Reminiscence of Bob Bullock Claudia DeLaughter Stravato (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution [End Page 138] He's been called a character, a maverick, a liberal, a conservative, an incredibly charitable man, a cruel man, a man's man, a woman's man, a hard ass, a crack shot, a compassionate man, a softie, a difficult
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Race and Recreation in East Texas: A History of Huntsville's Municipal Swimming Pool and Emancipation Park Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Charles H. Ford
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Race and Recreation in East Texas:A History of Huntsville's Municipal Swimming Pool and Emancipation Park Jeffrey L. Littlejohn (bio) and Charles H. Ford (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Female swimmer in a one-piece suit at Huntsville's Municipal Pool, c. 1950, from the I. J. Walden Collection. Courtesy of the Walker County
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"We the Ladies": Collective Petitioning by Women in Antebellum and Civil War Texas Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Daniel Hale
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "We the Ladies":Collective Petitioning by Women in Antebellum and Civil War Texas Daniel Hale (bio) On June 20, 1862, Colonel Thomas Carothers, the superintendent of the Texas State Penitentiary, was visited by an apparently tearful Frederika Riebeling, who successfully urged him to change his mind and follow the example of his two predecessors
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Southwestern Collection Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Southwestern Collection The Texas State Historical Association will host its 128th Annual Meeting in College Station on February 28–March 2, 2024 at the Texas A&M Conference Center. Registration will open Fall 2023. Held each year since the Association's founding, TSHA's Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of its kind for Texas history
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Eating Up Route 66: Foodways on America's Mother Road by T. Lindsay Baker (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Peter B. Dedek
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Eating Up Route 66: Foodways on America's Mother Road by T. Lindsay Baker Peter B. Dedek Eating Up Route 66: Foodways on America's Mother Road. By T. Lindsay Baker. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2022. Pp. 409. Notes, indexes, illustrations, recipes.) Readers may know author T. Lindsay Baker from his several books
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Wide-Open Desert: A Queer History of New Mexico by Jordan Biro Walters (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Wesley G. Phelps
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Wide-Open Desert: A Queer History of New Mexico by Jordan Biro Walters Wesley G. Phelps Wide-Open Desert: A Queer History of New Mexico. By Jordan Biro Walters. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2023. Pp. 286. Notes, index.) Does New Mexico have a queer history? And if so, what can it tell us about both New Mexico
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Seeing Things: Technologies of Vision and the Making of Mormonism by Mason Kamana Allred (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Benjamin E. Park
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Seeing Things: Technologies of Vision and the Making of Mormonism by Mason Kamana Allred Benjamin E. Park Seeing Things: Technologies of Vision and the Making of Mormonism. By Mason Kamana Allred. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2023. Pp. 254. Notes, bibliography, index.) Mormonism has been, as summarized
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La República de Texas (1836–1845): Escisión y anexión by Jaime Cárdenas Gracia (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Jesús F. de la Teja
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: La República de Texas (1836–1845): Escisión y anexión by Jaime Cárdenas Gracia Jesús F. de la Teja Jaime Cárdenas Gracia, La República de Texas (1836–1845): Escisión y anexión (Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de México, 2022. Pp. Xii, 214. Notes, bibliography.) As the author of this book on the Texas republic era informs us various
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Capitalism's Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century by Chad E. Pearson (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Michael Botson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Capitalism's Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century by Chad E. Pearson Michael Botson Capitalism's Terrorists: Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century. By Chad E. Pearson. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Pp. 324. Notes, bibliography, index,
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In Defense of My People by Alonso S. Perales (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Jonathan Cortez
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: In Defense of My People by Alonso S. Perales Jonathan Cortez In Defense of My People. By Alonso S. Perales. Edited and English translated by Emilio Zamora. (Houston: Arte Público Press, University of Houston, 2021. Pp. 350.) Alonso S. Perales was one of the foremost thinkers and forces of Mexican American civil rights in the
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The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement by Christian O. Paiz (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Terrell Orr
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement by Christian O. Paiz Terrell Orr The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement. By Christian O. Paiz. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2023. Pp. 412. Illustrations, appendix, notes, index.) While he was growing
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Border Water: The Politics of U.S. –Mexico Transboundary Water Management, 1945–2015 by Stephen Paul Mumme (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Alicia M. Dewey
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Border Water: The Politics of U.S. –Mexico Transboundary Water Management, 1945–2015 by Stephen Paul Mumme Alicia M. Dewey Border Water: The Politics of U.S. –Mexico Transboundary Water Management, 1945–2015. By Stephen Paul Mumme. (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2023. Pp. 432. Notes, bibliography, index.) In Border
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"It Is Hard to Tell Who Is Who and What is What": An Introduction to the Southwestern Historical Quarterly's Special Issue on Greater Reconstruction in the Southwestern Borderlands Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Elliott West
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "It Is Hard to Tell Who Is Who and What is What":An Introduction to the Southwestern Historical Quarterly's Special Issue on Greater Reconstruction in the Southwestern Borderlands Elliott West (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution An engraving of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan from between 1870 and 1890. Engraved by J. C. Buttre from
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The Brittle West: Secession and Separatism in the Southwest Borderlands during the Civil War Era Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Kevin Waite
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The Brittle West:Secession and Separatism in the Southwest Borderlands during the Civil War Era Kevin Waite (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution William M. Gwin, senator from California and Mississippi slaveholder, photographed between 1844 and 1860 by Mathew B. Brady. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, https://www
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How Do Markets Trump Warfare? On the Wartime Business of Confederate Supplier Charles Stillman Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 David Montejano
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: How Do Markets Trump Warfare?On the Wartime Business of Confederate Supplier Charles Stillman David Montejano (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution "The war in Texas - The city of Matamoras [sic], Mexico, opposite Brownsville / from a sketch by L. Avery." Wood engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Dec. 5, 1863
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"Disgraceful in the Extreme from Beginning to End": The January 1866 Filibustering Raid on Bagdad, Mexico Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Jerry Thompson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "Disgraceful in the Extreme from Beginning to End":The January 1866 Filibustering Raid on Bagdad, Mexico Jerry Thompson (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Bagdad in 1866. Map by Gerry Krieg. [End Page 56] In the cold and rainy early morning darkness of January 5, 1866, as many as 125 American filibusters emerged from Thomas
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Southwestern Collection Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Southwestern Collection Thanks to everyone who attended the 127th Annual Meeting of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) in El Paso on March 2–4, 2023. We will devote some of following pages to news from the meeting. TSHA will hold its 128th Annual Meeting on February 28–March 2, 2024, in College Station. [End Page 114] Click
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More City than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas ed. by Lacy M. Johnson and Cheryl Beckett (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Benjamin H. Johnson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: More City than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas ed. by Lacy M. Johnson and Cheryl Beckett Benjamin H. Johnson More City than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas. Edited by Lacy M. Johnson and Cheryl Beckett. ( Austin: University of Texas Press, 2022. Pp 292. Illustrations, notes.) When Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast in late August
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Creole Soul: Zydeco Lives by Burt Feintuch (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 David Kunian
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Creole Soul: Zydeco Lives by Burt Feintuch David Kunian Creole Soul: Zydeco Lives. By Burt Feintuch. Edited by Jeannie Banks Thomas. Photographs by Gary Samson. ( Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2022. Pp. 280. 57 color photographs, notes, index.) Burt Feintuch and Gary Samson's oral history and photographic essay
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The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism by Gerald Horne (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Alex Mendoza
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism by Gerald Horne Alex Mendoza The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism. By Gerald Horne. ( New York: International Publishers, 2022. Pp. 572. Notes, bibliography, index.) Gerald Horne's The Counter
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July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta by Earl J. Hess (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Brian Matthew Jordan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta by Earl J. Hess Brian Matthew Jordan July 22: The Civil War Battle of Atlanta. By Earl J. Hess. ( Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2023. Pp. 411. Notes, index, bibliography.) Earl J. Hess is a remarkably prolific scholar who has produced some of the finest Civil War battle and
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George T. Ruby: Champion of Equal Rights in Reconstruction Texas by Carl H. Moneyhon (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Brian Matthew Jordan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: George T. Ruby: Champion of Equal Rights in Reconstruction Texas by Carl H. Moneyhon Brian Matthew Jordan George T. Ruby: Champion of Equal Rights in Reconstruction Texas. By Carl H. Moneyhon. ( Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 2020. Pp. 413. Notes, bibliography, index.) Though his life spanned just four decades
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Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas: The United States, Mexico & Argentina, 1860–1880 by Evan C. Rothera (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 David K. Thomson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas: The United States, Mexico & Argentina, 1860–1880 by Evan C. Rothera David K. Thomson Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas: The United States, Mexico & Argentina, 1860–1880. By Evan C. Rothera. ( Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2022. Pp. 220. Notes, bibliography
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Racial Uncertainties: Mexican Americans, School Desegregation, and the Making of Race in Post-Civil Rights America by Danielle R. Olden (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Gene B. Preuss
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Racial Uncertainties: Mexican Americans, School Desegregation, and the Making of Race in Post-Civil Rights America by Danielle R. Olden Gene B. Preuss Racial Uncertainties: Mexican Americans, School Desegregation, and the Making of Race in Post-Civil Rights America. By Danielle R. Olden. ( Oakland: University of California
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Hope and Hard Truth: A Life in Texas Politics by Mary Beth Rogers (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Patrick Cox
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hope and Hard Truth: A Life in Texas Politics by Mary Beth Rogers Patrick Cox Hope and Hard Truth: A Life in Texas Politics. By Mary Beth Rogers. ( Austin: University of Texas Press, 2022. Pp. 232. Illustrations, notes, index.) Mary Beth Rogers is a well-known participant in and analyst of modern Texas politics. After more
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Securing the Southwest: The Northern Pursuit of Texas, New Mexico, and California Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Daniel J. Burge
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Securing the Southwest:The Northern Pursuit of Texas, New Mexico, and California Daniel J. Burge (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution This image humorously depicts the Democratic Party's strategy to win the election of 1844. Northern Democrats saw the annexation of Texas as a winning partisan issue to use against their Whig
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A Portrait of Amos Pollard: The Doctor at the Alamo Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Francis J. Leazes Jr.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Portrait of Amos Pollard:The Doctor at the Alamo Francis J. Leazes Jr. (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution There are five known oil portraits of Alamo garrison members. Amos Pollard's was done from life before he went to Texas. From the Collections of the Historical Society of Cheshire County, Keene, New Hampshire. [End
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Should We "Forget the Alamo"?: Myths, Slavery, and the Texas Revolution Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-30 John Willingham
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Should We "Forget the Alamo"?:Myths, Slavery, and the Texas Revolution John Willingham (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution The Alamo. Photo by Jean Beaufort. From https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=160416&picture=the-alamo [Accessed Nov. 29, 2022]. [End Page 466] For at least six decades, Texas has
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"Ain't Nothing Free": Earning an Education at the Houston Junior Market Steer Auction Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Rebecca Scofield
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "Ain't Nothing Free":Earning an Education at the Houston Junior Market Steer Auction Rebecca Scofield (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution The 1943 Grand Champion steer of the Houston Fat Stock Show and Livestock Exposition (now known as Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo). Lieutenant R. B. Tate (left) and Elton Barton are shown
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The History of DeWitt County (1899) by C. H. Waltersdorf, Publisher and Editor of the Lavaca County News Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-30 James C. Kearney
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The History of DeWitt County (1899) by C. H. Waltersdorf, Publisher and Editor of the Lavaca County News Translated by James C. Kearney (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution C. H. Waltersdorf's Geschichte von DeWitt County (1899). Courtesy of DeWitt County Historical Museum. [End Page 518] As the 175th anniversary of DeWitt
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Southwestern Collection Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-30
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Southwestern Collection Click for larger view View full resolution Guadalupe Mountains (relatively!) near El Paso, Texas. From Southern Pacific Railroad by A. B. Gray (Cincinnati: Wrightson & Co.'s Print., 1856), opp. p. 18. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90705838/
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Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South by Rebecca Sharpless (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Roy Vu
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South by Rebecca Sharpless Roy Vu Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South. By Rebecca Sharpless. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Pp. 333. Notes, bibliography, index.) Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South by Rebecca
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