Texas Through Time: Evolving Interpretations / Edition 1

by Robert A. Calvert, Walter L. Buenger

Overview

Originally published in 1991, this pioneering work in Texas historiography, edited by Walter H. Buenger and the late Robert A. Calvert, placed the intellectual development of Texas History within the framework of current trends in the study of U.S. history. In Texas through Time, twelve eminent scholars contribute evaluations of the historical literature in their respective fields of expertise-from Texas-Mexican culture and African-American roles to agrarianism, progressivism, and the New Deal; from perspectives on women to the urban experience of the Sunbelt boom and near-bust. The cumulative effort describes and analyzes what Texas history is and how it got that way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890964682
Publisher:	Texas A&M University Press
Publication date:	01/05/1991
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

WALTER L. BUENGER is professor and chair of the department of history at Texas A&M University in College Station. He is a former president of the Texas State Historical Association. ROBERT A. CALVERT was a professor of history at Texas A&M University and a former president of the Texas State Historical Association.

Editorial Reviews

The Buengers have produced an excellent account of a regional commercial enterprise and its impact on the area it served. The growth and success of Leonard Brothers, as illustrated by the store’s retailing and merchandising practices, tells us much about the history of north central Texas and its development into a major urban concentration.” —Mississippi Quarterly

Mississippi Quarterly

" A long-needed assessment of more than a century's worth of books, articles, masters theses, and doctoral dissertations on Texas history. . . . [a] well-conceived project that will prove to be a godsend for graduate students and their mentors, 'Texana' collectors, and journalists."—Journal of the West

Journal of the West

" Should be well thumbed by any historian concerned with Texas topics."—Southern Historian

Southern Historian

" Both a challenge and a gift to anyone interested in Texas history. . . . The revision, not the destruction, of the Texas myth is an exciting and desirable goal.” —Texas Books in Review

Texas Books in Review

" A compelling accunt of how much good work is being done on the complex past of the Lone Star State.” —Lewis Gould

Pacific Historical Review - Lewis Gould

" Avowedly revisionist . . . a hard-hitting analysis of Texas historiography.” —East Texas Historical Association

East Texas Historical Association

" An absolute must for research library collections and scholars of Texas history.”—Books of the Southwest

Books of the Southwest

"All of the essays are exceptionally fine examples of historiographic interpretation, and each one is thorough, informative, and balanced." —Review of Texas Books

Review of Texas Books

" A compelling accunt of how much good work is being done on the complex past of the Lone Star State.” --Lewis Gould

— Lewis Gould

Pacific Historical Review