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A World Not to Come
In 1808 Napoleon invaded Spain and deposed the king. Overnight, Hispanics were forced to confront modernity and look beyond monarchy and religion for new sources of authority. Coronado focuses on how Texas Mexicans used writing to remake the social fabric in the midst of war and how a Latino literary and intellectual life was born in the New World.
The Robertsons, the Sutherlands, and the Making of Texas
All Texans, or their ancestors, started as something else. The families that came here molded the state and were molded by it. Anne H. Sutherland explores just how the experiences of two of the early Anglo land-grant families--the Robertsons and the Sutherlands--shaped Texas events and how the families handed down those experiences from one generation to another, transforming two Scots-Irish families into what in hindsight we have branded Anglo-Texans.
The Descendants of Michael and Martha Reed
Michael Reed (ca. 1787-1859), the son of James or Micul Reed, was born in Tennessee. He married (1) Martha Burnett (ca. 1786-1855) ca. 1805 in Tennessee. She was born in Virginia to James Burnett and Margaret Robinson. They were parents of seven children. He married (2) Rebecca Washington in Bell Co., Texas in 1858. Descendants live in Texas, New Mexico, California, Florida, Nevada, Oklahoma and elsewhere.
Dance and Instrumental Diferencias in Spain During the 17th and Early 18th Centuries: History and background, music and dance
V. 1. History and background, music and dance -- v. 2. Musical transcriptions -- v. 3. The notes in Spanish and other languages from the sources.
Spanish-Guarani Relations in Early Colonial Paraguay
In this volume, Elman R. Service describes the Guarani culture at the time of Spanish colonization in Paraguay and explores the reasons why the encomienda system resulted in the rapid acculturation of the Guarani in this region.
Women and Slavery in Nineteenth-century Colonial Cuba
Investigates how patriarchy operated in the lives of the women of Cuba, from elite women to slaves Scholars have long recognized the importance of gender and hierarchy in the slave societies of the New World, yet gendered analysis of Cuba has lagged behind study of other regions. Cuban elites recognized that creating and maintaining the Cuban slave society required a rigid social hierarchy based on race, gender, and legal status. Given the dramatic changes that came to Cuba in the wake of the Haitian Revolution and the growth of the enslaved population, the maintenance of order required a patriarchy that placed both women and slaves among the lower ranks. Based on a variety of archival and p...
Read All about Her!
Provides citations to books, journal articles, manuscripts, oral histories, dissertations, and theses on Texas women's history.
