Author: Allan O. Kownslar
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585443529
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Discusses the experiences of European immigrants in Texas, and examines their social and cultural contributions to the Lone Star State. Includes illustrations, biographical sketches, recipes, and excerpts from personal letters.
The European Texans
Author: Allan O. Kownslar
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585443529
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Discusses the experiences of European immigrants in Texas, and examines their social and cultural contributions to the Lone Star State. Includes illustrations, biographical sketches, recipes, and excerpts from personal letters.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585443529
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Discusses the experiences of European immigrants in Texas, and examines their social and cultural contributions to the Lone Star State. Includes illustrations, biographical sketches, recipes, and excerpts from personal letters.
The Belgian Texans
Author: University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
Publisher: University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
ISBN: 9780933164970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
One of a series of publications on the various cultures in pioneer Texas.
Publisher: University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
ISBN: 9780933164970
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
One of a series of publications on the various cultures in pioneer Texas.
Texas Tough
Author: Robert Perkinson
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429952776
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
A vivid history of America's biggest, baddest prison system and how it came to lead the nation's punitive revolution In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. The most locked-down state in the nation has led the way in criminal justice severity, from assembly-line executions to isolation supermaxes, from prison privatization to sentencing juveniles as adults. Texas Tough, a sweeping history of American imprisonment from the days of slavery to the present, shows how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric became the national template. Drawing on convict accounts, official records, and interviews with prisoners, guards, and lawmakers, historian Robert Perkinson reveals the Southern roots of our present-day prison colossus. While conventional histories emphasize the North's rehabilitative approach, he shows how the retributive and profit-driven regime of the South ultimately triumphed. Most provocatively, he argues that just as convict leasing and segregation emerged in response to Reconstruction, so today's mass incarceration, with its vast racial disparities, must be seen as a backlash against civil rights. Illuminating for the first time the origins of America's prison juggernaut, Texas Tough points toward a more just and humane future.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429952776
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
A vivid history of America's biggest, baddest prison system and how it came to lead the nation's punitive revolution In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. The most locked-down state in the nation has led the way in criminal justice severity, from assembly-line executions to isolation supermaxes, from prison privatization to sentencing juveniles as adults. Texas Tough, a sweeping history of American imprisonment from the days of slavery to the present, shows how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric became the national template. Drawing on convict accounts, official records, and interviews with prisoners, guards, and lawmakers, historian Robert Perkinson reveals the Southern roots of our present-day prison colossus. While conventional histories emphasize the North's rehabilitative approach, he shows how the retributive and profit-driven regime of the South ultimately triumphed. Most provocatively, he argues that just as convict leasing and segregation emerged in response to Reconstruction, so today's mass incarceration, with its vast racial disparities, must be seen as a backlash against civil rights. Illuminating for the first time the origins of America's prison juggernaut, Texas Tough points toward a more just and humane future.
A History of Texas and Texans
Author: Frank White Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1624
Book Description
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1624
Book Description
The French Texans
Author: Patrick McGuire
Publisher: University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
ISBN: 9780867010589
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The French, like the Spanish, have been in Texas for several centuries.
Publisher: University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio
ISBN: 9780867010589
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The French, like the Spanish, have been in Texas for several centuries.
Anglo-American Texans
Author: Iamblichus
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780867010282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780867010282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Hungarian Texans
Author: James Patrick McGuire
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Chronicles the 19th and 20th century migration of Hungarians to Texas and their experiences and accomplishments.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Chronicles the 19th and 20th century migration of Hungarians to Texas and their experiences and accomplishments.
The Swedish Texans
Author: Larry Emil Scott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Examines the accomplishments of Swedes in Texas, looking at the ways in which they adapted their customs to life in the New World.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Examines the accomplishments of Swedes in Texas, looking at the ways in which they adapted their customs to life in the New World.
The Afro-American Texans
Author: Melvin M. Sance
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Briefly explores the role of Afro-Americans in Texas from slavery days to the 1980ies.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Briefly explores the role of Afro-Americans in Texas from slavery days to the 1980ies.