Spanish Texas, 1519–1821

Revised Edition

Donald E. Chipman, Harriet Denise Joseph

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN:
  9780292721807
• eBook ISBN:
  9780292782631
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Historical Geography
• Index: History

This revised and expanded edition of the authoritative history of Spanish Texas features significant new discoveries throughout.
Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to sixteenth-century encounters between Europeans and Indians. Unlike Mexico, however, Texas eventually received the stamp of Anglo-American culture, so that Spanish contributions to present-day Texas tend to be obscured or even unknown. Spanish Texas, 1519–1821 undercores the significance of the Spanish period in Texas history. Beginning with an overview of the land and its inhabitants before the arrival of Europeans, it covers major people and events from early exploration to the end of the colonial era.
This new edition of  Spanish Texas has been extensively revised and expanded to include a wealth of new discoveries. The opening chapter on Texas Indians reveals their high degree of independence from European influence. Other chapters incorporate new information on La Salle's Garcitas Creek colony and French influences in Texas, the destruction of the San Sabá mission and the Spanish punitive expedition to the Red River in the late 1750s, and eighteenth-century Bourbon reforms in the Americas.
Drawing on new and original research, the authors shed new light on the experience of women in Spanish Texas across ethnic, racial, and class distinctions, including new revelations about their legal rights on the Texas frontier.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction to the Second Edition
• 1. Texas Geography and First People
• 2. Explorers and Conquistadors, 1519–1543
• 3. The Northward Advance Toward Texas, 1543–1680
• 4. Río Grande Focus and the French Challenge in Texas, 1680–1689
• 5. International Rivalry and the East Texas Missions, 1689–1714
• 6. The Spanish Occupation of Texas, 1714–1722
• 7. Retrenchment, Islanders, and Indians, 1722–1746
• 8. Mission, Presidio, and Settlement Expansion, 1746–1762
• 9. The Changing International Scene and Life in Texas, 1762–1783
• 10. Anglo-American Encroachments and Texas at The Turn of A Century, 1783–1803
• 11. The Twilight of Spanish Texas, 1803–1821
• 12. The Legacies of Spanish Texas
• Appendix 1. Governors of Spanish Texas, 1691–1821
• Appendix 2. Commandants General of The interior Provinces, 1776–1821
• Appendix 3. Viceroys of New Spain, 1535–1821
• List of Abbreviations
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index