Bøger udgivet af Texas A & M University Press

The coal mine represented much more than a way of making a living to the miners of Thurber, Texas, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - it represented a way of life. The author examines the culture of the miners' work, the demographics and social life of the community, and the benefits and constraints of life in a company town.

Bobwhite quail are one of America's favorite game birds. Because quail hunting can bring in valuable income, landowners and game managers value these birds and encourage them wherever the habitat is suitable. This book provides information based on published research, along with a review of other writings.

Features the voices of the author's mother and several other family members and friends, seated at their kitchen tables, to share the grassroots world view of these working-class Mexican and Mexican American women. This work demonstrates that, in the kitchen, women assert their sazon (seasoning), not only in their cooking but also in their lives.

Details about life among the former Texas Indian peoples, including the Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, Caddos, Tonkawas, and Lipan Apaches. Culled from 112 volumes of the Indian-Pioneer Histories in the Indian Archives at the Oklahoma Historical Society, these oral histories also include interviews with non-Indian neighbors.

In 1842, French banker Henri Castro secured a colonization grant and recruited more than two thousand Europeans to immigrate to Texas and populate his colony. The author describes the empresario system under which this community, now known as Castroville, was formed and considers the life of its founder.

In this book, the author traces the evolution of the community's political activism in education during the Chicano Movement era of the early 1970s. He identifies the implications of this struggle for Mexican Americans and for public education. It is aimed at those interested in public school policy, and scholars of Mexican American history.

Celebrates the diverse sources of the music and the musical traditions of Texas and the American Southwest. The genres included in this anthology provide an introduction to the classes, cultures, races, and ethnic groups of Texas, and highlight the ways in which the state's musical wealth has influenced the listening habits of the nation.

Moves the reader to think in a new way about the psychological basis of moral wholeness. The author reveals much about the nature of integrity while honoring its central mystery. He shows how the holding environment of psychotherapy can use delight and rage, and dreams and transference to reveal and foster individual integrity.

Lawrence Sullivan Ross, born in Iowa Territory devoted most of his life to the Lone Star State as Indian fighter, Texas Ranger, Confederate soldier, sheriff, constitution framer, state senator, governor, and president of Texas A&M College. In this biography, Judith Benner narrates the story of his life.

Cowboys were poorly fed, underpaid, overworked, deprived of sleep, choked in the dust, werecold at night, and suffered broken bones in falls from horses. African American cowboys also had to survive discrimination, bigotry, and prejudice. From courthouse records, writings, and interviews, this book tells the stories of some of these cowboys.

A Polish Son in the Motherland is a search for roots and for reasons why one family's ties were severed. It reveals what half a century of communism did to Poland and how the residue of World War II lingers. The story becomes an investigation into the relationship between mothers and the legacy they give their sons.

Painting a picture not only of her own life, but also of the lives of other Muslims, especially women, in the former Yugoslavia, Hadzisehovic sheds light on the history of Yugoslavia from the interwar kingdom to the break-up of the socialist state.

Here, Ray A. Billington outlines the three century-long process of westering that forged the American characteristics of resourcefulness, individualism and democracy, and upward social mobility.

This history of Texas is mapped out in this atlas of Texas' geographical and political evolution. The book documents the stories behind the maps: the founders of new counties; the actions of the governmental body that created the county; and the choice of name for a county.

Cesar Chavez's relentless campaign for social justice for farm workers and labourers marked a milestone in US history. In this collection of words and analysis of his major speeches and writings, the authors reveal the rhetorical qualities and rhetorical dynamics of a master communicator.

This comprehensive field guide to Big Bend National Park in Texas recounts the area's archaeology and history, describes the characteristics and habitats of Big Bend's variety of plants and animals, and outlines walking and driving tours of the most likely spots for sighting these natural wonders.

In 1935, Elena Zamora O'Shea told the story of the open country of South Texas from the perspective of an ancient mesquite tree. She covers the area's political and ethnographic history, with details of daily life such as songs, plants and folk medicines, food and recipes, and ranch vocabulary.

A thoughtful retrospective of America's wars of the 20th century, this text examines the process of going to war and seeks patterns showing how and why the nation becomes involved in hostilities.

When the first gusher blew in at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas, in 1901, petroleum began to supplant cotton and cattle as the economic engine of the state and region. Very soon, much of the workforce migrated from the cotton field to the oilfield, following the lure of the wealth being created by black gold.The early decades of the twentieth century witnessed the development of an oilfield culture, as these workers defined and solidified their position within the region's social fabric. Over time, the work force grew more professionalized, and technological change attracted a different type of laborer.Weaver tracks the differences between company workers and contract workers. He details the work itself and the ethos that surrounds it. He highlights the similarities and differences from one field to another and traces changing aspects of the work over time. Above all, Oilfield Trash captures the unique voices of the laboring people who worked long, hard hours, often risking life and limb to keep the drilling rigs "turning to the right."

A look into the life of a big-time football player, this book offers first-hand glimpses of the personalities and playing (or coaching) styles of many celebrated stars of college football and the NFL. This book is an engaging story of growing up in a refugee family, of big-time football, and of human struggle and success.

Here, David La Vere offers a complete chronological and cultural history of Texas Indians from 12000 years ago to the present day. He presents a unique view of their cultural history before and after European arrival, examining Indian interactions - both peaceful and violent - with Europeans, Mexicans, Texans and Americans.

The Big Bend region of Texas-variously referred to as "El Despoblado" (the uninhabited land), "a land of contrasts," "Texas' last frontier," or simply as part of the Trans-Pecos-enjoys a long, colorful, and eventful history, a history that began before written records were maintained. With Big Bend's Ancient and Modern Past, editors Bruce A. Glasrud and Robert J. Mallouf provide an interdisciplinary compilation of articles originally published in the Journal of Big Bend Studies, reviewing the unique past of the Big Bend area from the earliest habitation to 1900. Scholars of the region investigate not only the peoples who have successively inhabited it but also the nature of the environment and the responses to that environment. As the studies in this book demonstrate, the character of the region has, to a great extent, dictated its history. The study of Big Bend history is also the study of borderlands history. Studying and researching across borders or boundaries, whether national, state, or regional, requires a focus on the factors that often both unite and divide the inhabitants. The dual nature of citizenship, of land holding, of legal procedures and remedies, of education, and of history permeate the lives and livelihoods of past and present residents of the Big Bend. Thus, the study of this unique region offers a type of historical workshop for a new and growing group of scholars interested in the study and delineation of cross-cultural attributes. In this and other ways, Big Bend's Ancient and Modern Past provides important new avenues for study and reflection.Bruce A. Glasrud is the retired dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Sul Ross State University (Alpine, Texas). His numerous previously published books include Texas Labor History (with James C. Maroney) and Southern Black Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement (with Merline Pitre), both published in 2013 by Texas A&M University Press.Robert J. Mallouf, formerly state archaeologist of Texas and director of the Center for Big Bend Studies at Sul Ross State University, has published extensively on the prehistory and history of Texas, Kansas, and north-central Mexico.

A narrative of the ""wild, free life"" on the Great Plains frontier. The Great Plains frontier is seen through the knowing eyes of a participant who lived that frontier experience and who fortunately left an accurate and engaging record for those who followed.