- Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 223 pages) : illustrations.
- Uniform Title
- Faces of Béxar (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Faces of Béxar (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Spanish colonial Texas -- "A fine country with broad plains - the most beautiful in New Spain": views of land and nature in colonial San Antonio -- Forgotten founders: the military settlers of eighteenth-century San Antonio de Bexar -- "To the last drop of our blood": defending king and empire in San Antonio -- The Saltillo Fair and its San Antonio connections -- Why Urbano and Maria Trinidad can't get married: social relations in late colonial San Antonio -- "Buena gana tenia de ir a jugar": the recreational world of early San Antonio, Texas, 1718-1845 -- Discovering the Tejano community in "early" Texas -- Rebellion on the frontier -- The colonization and independence of Texas: a Tejano perspective -- Bibliographical essay.
- LCCN
- 2015036245
- OCLC
- ssj0001631213
- Author
Teja, Jesús F. de la, 1956-
- Title
Faces of Béxar [electronic resource] : early San Antonio & Texas / Jesús F. de la Teja.
- Imprint
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]
- Edition
First edition.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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