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Book
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Author
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 Anderson, Gary Clayton, 1948-
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Title
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The conquest of Texas : ethnic cleansing in the promised land, 1820-1875 / Gary Clayton Anderson.
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Publisher
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Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2005.
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Physical Descrip.
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x, 494 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-476) and index.
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Contents
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1. At the dawn of the American invasion -- 2. The Texas creed in a Tejano and Indian land -- 3. Mexican politics and the struggle to settle early Texas -- 4. The muddle of early Mexican federalism -- 5. Centralists and the struggle for Texas land -- 6. The Americanization of Texas -- 7. The Texas creed and the clouds of war -- 8. Revolution and the "rumor" of Indian war -- 9. Indian intransigence -- 10. Sam Houston, the legislature, and a failed Indian policy -- 11. Lamar, his generals, and ethnic cleansing -- 12. The Indians’ last stand in central Texas -- 13. The failure of well-intended efforts -- 14. The boundary line fiasco -- 15. Lines, politics, depredations, and the U.S. Army -- 16. General Persifor Smith and the salvation of Texas -- 17. Reservations or concentration camps? -- 18. The plan -- 19. Anarchy and "total war" -- 20. The final exodus -- 21. Indians and the civil war -- 22. The final ethnic cleansing of Texas
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Subject(s)
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Texas Rangers -- History -- 19th century.
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Racism -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.
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Violence -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.
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Forced migration -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.
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Mexicans -- Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Indians of North America -- Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Texas -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Texas -- History, Military -- 19th century.
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Texas -- History -- To 1846.
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Texas -- History -- 1846-1950.
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ISBN
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0806136987 (alk. paper)
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9780806136981 (alk. paper)
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Owned By
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AC Frost Library
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Owned By
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SC Neilson Library
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