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Seeds of empire : cotton, slavery, and the transformation of the Texas borderlands, 1800-1850

Title
Seeds of empire : cotton, slavery, and the transformation of the Texas borderlands, 1800-1850 / Andrew J. Torget.
Author
Torget, Andrew J., 1978-
Publication
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

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Description
xii, 353 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
"Seeds of Empire tells the remarkable story of how the cotton revolution of the early nineteenth century transformed northeastern Mexico into the western edge of the United States, and how the rise and spectacular collapse of the Republic of Texas as a nation built on cotton and slavery proved to be a blueprint for the Confederacy of the 1860s" ... From Dust Jacket.
Series Statement
The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
Uniform Title
David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history.
Subject
  • Revolution (Texas : 1835-1836)
  • Wars of Independence (Mexico : 1810-1821)
  • 1800 - 1899
  • Cotton trade > Texas > History > 19th century
  • Cotton trade > Mexico > History > 19th century
  • Slavery > Texas > History > 19th century
  • Slavery > Mexico > History > 19th century
  • Cotton trade
  • Slavery
  • Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836
  • Texas > History > Republic, 1836-1846
  • Mexico > History > Wars of Independence, 1810-1821
  • Mexico > History > 19th century
  • Mexico
  • Texas
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "Short sections of chapters 2 and 3 appeared previously in Stephen F. Austin's views on slavery in early Texas, in This corner of Canaan : essays on Texas in honor of Randolph B. Campbell, edited by Richard McCaslin, Donald Chipman, and Andrew J. Torget (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2013)."--Publisher's description.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and index.
Contents
Introduction. Cotton, slavery, and empire -- In the shadow of cotton -- The Texas borderlands on the eve of Mexican independence -- Bringing Mississippi to Mexico -- American migration to Mexico, 1821-1825 -- The politics of slavery in northeastern Mexico, 1826-1829 -- Cotton, slavery, and the secession of Texas, 1829-1836 -- Cotton nation and slaveholders' republic -- Creating a cotton nation, 1836-1841 -- The failure of the slaveholders' republic, 1842-1845 -- Epilogue. Migrations and transformations -- Appendix 1. The Texas slavery project -- Appendix 2. Cotton prices and trade.
Call Number
Sc E 16-819
ISBN
  • 9781469624242
  • 1469624249
  • 9781469624259 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2015002754
OCLC
906234422
Author
Torget, Andrew J., 1978- author.
Title
Seeds of empire : cotton, slavery, and the transformation of the Texas borderlands, 1800-1850 / Andrew J. Torget.
Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and index.
Chronological Term
1800 - 1899
Research Call Number
Sc E 16-819
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