| Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity Contributor(s): Ely, Glen Sample (Author), Barr, Alwyn (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1682830128 ISBN-13: 9781682830123 Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: June 2011 Click for more in this series: Plains Histories |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Series: Plains Histories |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.8" L (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Unsure which of its legacies are true and which to embrace, Texas grapples with an identity crisis. One camp insists that the state's roots in slavery, segregation, and cotton make it southern. Another argues that its Native and ranching history make it western. Outside Texas, southern and western historians who don't know what to make of the state ignore it altogether. In his innovative settling of the question, Glen Sample Ely examines the state's historical DNA, making sense of Lone Star identity west of the hundredth meridian and defining Texas's place in the American West. Focusing on the motives that shape how Texans appropriate their past--from cashing in on tourism to avoiding historical realities--Ely reveals the inner workings of a multiplicity of Texas identities. |
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