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José Antonio Navarro : in search of the American Dream in nineteenth-century Texas
- Title
- José Antonio Navarro : in search of the American Dream in nineteenth-century Texas / by David McDonald ; foreword by Arnoldo De León.
- Author
- McDonald, David R., 1941-
- Publication
- Denton : Texas State Historical Association, ©2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F390.N38 M34 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Born in San Antonio in 1795, José Antonio Navarro lived through a tumultuous era in Texas history that saw the transitions of Texas from a Spanish colony to a Mexican state, an independent republic, an American state, a Confederate state, and an American state once again. More than just bearing witness to these events, however, Navarro helped shape them. He was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a steadfast defender of the rights of all Tejanos and people of Mexican descent in Texas, ensuring at both the 1836 Consultation that created the Texas Republic and the 1845 drafting of the state constitution after annexation that political rights would not be restricted solely to those with white skin and pure European ancestry. Navarro believed that Texas was a place where peoples of all colors and backgrounds should be able to realize the American Dream"--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Number 2 in the Watson Caufield and Mary Maxwell Arnold Republic of Texas series
- Uniform Title
- Watson Caufield and Mary Maxwell Arnold Republic of Texas series ; no. 2.
- Subject
- Navarro, José Antonio, 1795-1871
- Garza Navarro, Margarita de la, 1795-1861
- Navarro, Henry
- Navarro, José Antonio
- 1835-1846
- Statesmen > Texas > Biography
- Businessmen > Texas > Biography
- Mexican Americans > Texas > Biography
- Statesmen's spouses > Texas > Biography
- Freed persons > Texas > Biography
- Businessmen
- Freed persons
- Mexican Americans
- Statesmen
- Statesmen's spouses
- Texas > History > Revolution, 1835-1836
- Texas > History > Republic, 1836-1846
- Texas
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Roots, 1762-1816 -- Emerging leader, 1816-22 -- The making of a legislator, 1822-28 -- Businessman, land commissioner, and politician, 1828-35 -- Mexican-Texan, 1835-40 -- Statesman and prisoner, 1840-45 -- Tejano spokesman, 1845-53 -- Elder statesman, 1853-71 -- Appendix one: Margarita de La Garza -- Appendix two: Henry Navarro notes -- Appendix three: José Antonio Navarro's will.
- ISBN
- 9780876112434
- 0876112432
- 9780876112441
- 0876112440
- LCCN
- 2010015887
- 40018606228
- OCLC
- ocn609304348
- 609304348
- SCSB-1553488
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library