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Book The Spirit of Collin County

Download or read book The Spirit of Collin County written by Barry Benton and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Two Counties in Crisis

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert J. Dillard
  • Publisher : University of North Texas Press
  • Release : 2023-09-15
  • ISBN : 1574419196
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Two Counties in Crisis written by Robert J. Dillard and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last of the Deep Southern states to secede, Texas experienced a cultural consolidation through the trauma of war and loss that has political relevance today. With the perceived indignities of Reconstruction, formerly pro-Union voices in the Texas Borderlands found themselves more culturally aligned with the former Confederacy by 1876, when the Texas Constitution was ratified. Two Counties in Crisis offers a rare opportunity to observe how local political cultures are transformed by state and national events. Utilizing an interdisciplinary fusion of history and political science, Robert J. Dillard analyzes two disparate Texas counties—traditionalist Harrison County and individualist Collin County—and examines four Reconstruction governors (Hamilton, Throckmorton, Pease, Davis) to aid the narrative and provide additional cultural context. Commercially prosperous and built on slave labor in the mold of Deep South plantation culture, East Texas’s Harrison County strongly supported secession in 1861. West Texas’s Collin County, characterized by individual and family farms with a limited slave population, favored the Union. During Reconstruction Collin County became increasingly conservative and eventually bore a great resemblance to Harrison County in its social, cultural, and political leanings. By 1876 and the ratification of the regressive Texas Constitution, Collin County had become firmly resistant to all aspects of Reconstruction. Both counties found themselves enculturated with the rest of the state, establishing for Texas an identity as a former Confederate state that has persisted for generations. The reactionary Texas Constitution of 1876, written as a backlash against perceived Northern radicalism, ultimately dismantled state education, reduced the state tax base, and spawned a legal black hole of amendments that Texans remain stuck with today. Overwhelmingly ratified by popular vote, the suboptimal Texas Constitution was not solely the product of political maneuverings from the economic elite, but a collective refusal of federal Reconstruction supported at the local level, where the politics of fear and group polarization had transformed former Unionists into die-hard rebels.

Book Spirits of the Border V

Download or read book Spirits of the Border V written by Ken Hudnall and published by Omega Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth volume of the Spirits of the Border Series covering all hauntings and unsolved mysteries in the State of Texas.

Book Historic Lee County

Download or read book Historic Lee County written by Pamela Sustar and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Fort Myers and Lee County, Florida, paired with histories of the local companies.

Book Historic Lubbock County

Download or read book Historic Lubbock County written by Donald R. Abbe and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historic Shelby County

Download or read book Historic Shelby County written by John E. Harkins and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historic Hancock County

Download or read book Historic Hancock County written by Paulette Jean Weiser and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Hancock County, Ohio, paired with histories of the local companies.

Book Garland

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  • Author : Richard Abshire
  • Publisher : HPN Books
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 1893619923
  • Pages : 111 pages

Download or read book Garland written by Richard Abshire and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Illustrated history of Garland, Texas along with histories of the local

Book Collin County Historical Commission Historical Markers Book

Download or read book Collin County Historical Commission Historical Markers Book written by Collin County Historical Commission and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historic Ocala

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  • Author : David Cook
  • Publisher : HPN Books
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 1893619788
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book Historic Ocala written by David Cook and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historic Albuquerque

Download or read book Historic Albuquerque written by Carleen Lazell and published by HPN Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dog Ghosts and The Word on the Brazos

Download or read book Dog Ghosts and The Word on the Brazos written by J. Mason Brewer and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains two volumes of African American folk tales collected by J. Mason Brewer. The stories included in Dog Ghosts are as varied as the Texas landscape, as full of contrasts as Texas weather. Among them are tales that have their roots deeply imbedded in African, Irish, and Welsh mythology; others have parallels in pre-Columbian Mexican tradition, and a few have versions that can be traced back to Chaucer's England. All make delightful reading. The title Dog Ghosts is drawn from the unique stories of dog spirits which Dr. Brewer collected in the Red River bottoms and elsewhere in Texas. The Word on the Brazos is a delightful collection of "preacher tales" from the Brazos River bottom in Texas. J. Mason Brewer worked side by side with field hands in the Brazos bottoms; he lived in their homes, worshipped in their churches, and shared the moments of relaxation in which laughter held full sway. Many of the tales these people told were related to religion—both "good religion" and "bad religion." Some of them concerned preachers and their families, while others were stories told in pulpits. Mr. Brewer has set all of these stories down in authentic yet easily readable dialect. They will delight all who are interested in the historic culture of rural African-American Texans, as well as those who simply enjoy fine humorous stories skillfully told.

Book Historic Markers of Collin County

Download or read book Historic Markers of Collin County written by Collin County Historical Commission and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Study of Rural Schools in Texas

Download or read book A Study of Rural Schools in Texas written by Edmund Valentine White and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cooking Tough Meats

Download or read book Cooking Tough Meats written by Jessie Pinning Rich and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: