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Texas whitewater by Daniel, Stephen H. (Stephen Hartley), 1950-

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A southern family in white & Black the Cuneys of Texas / by Hales, Douglas, 1951-

“…Southern family in white and Black…”
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Prairie time a Blackland portrait / by White, Matt

Subjects: “…White, Matt Travel Texas Blacklands.…”
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Remembering the Alamo memory, modernity, and the master symbol / by Flores, Richard R.

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Lynching to belong claiming Whiteness through racial violence / by Nevels, Cynthia Skove, 1955-

Subjects: “…Whites Race identity Texas Brazos County History.…”
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Black victory the rise and fall of the white primary in Texas / by Hine, Darlene Clark

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Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend by Lehman, Roy L., 1952-

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Folk Travelers : Ballads, Tales and Talk /

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Advancing democracy African Americans and the struggle for access and equity in higher education in Texas / by Shabazz, Amilcar

Table of Contents: “…As separate as the fingers : higher education in Texas from promise to problem, 1865-1940 -- The all-out war for democracy in education : ideological struggle and the Texas university movement -- Lift the seventy-five-year-old color ban and raise UT's standards : university students for democracy before Sweatt -- This is white civilization's last stand : university desegregation before Brown -- Democracy is on the march in Texas : Black equality versus white power,1955-1957 -- Plowing around Africans on Aryan plantations : access without acceptance at Texas universities, 1958-1965.…”
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The power of the Texas governor Connally to Bush / by McCall, Brian, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Governance -- John Connally -- Preston Smith -- Dolph Briscoe -- William P. Clements -- Mark White -- William P. Clements's second term -- Ann Richards -- George W. …”
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The polio years in Texas battling a terrifying unknown / by Wooten, Heather Green, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…The dawn of a crippling threat -- The Lone Star legacy : polio, Texas politics, and FDR -- Battling a terrifying unknown -- Giving the boot to polio -- Red bricks, white coats, and iron lungs -- Silencing the killer -- A story yet to finish.…”
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Spartan band Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War / by Reid, Thomas, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Burnett's Texas mounted volunteers -- The regiment is reorganized -- From Red River to White River -- The trials of a bitter winter -- The Vicksburg Campaign -- Texans in the bayou country -- Long road to Mansfield -- The battle of Pleasant Hill -- A battle at Jenkins' Ferry -- Home with their shields -- Epilogue.…”
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The new entrepreneurs how race, class, and gender shape American enterprise / by Valdez, Zulema

Table of Contents: “…: the economic and social value of Latino/a enterprise -- Ethnic and racial identity formation among American Latino/a entrepreneurs -- Rugged individualists and the American dream -- Conclusion : embedded entrepreneurs in brown, black, and white.…”
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Counterfeit justice the judicial odyssey of Texas freedwoman Azeline Hearne / by Baum, Dale, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…No place for a white man to live -- Thar am no parties on marster's plantation -- A supposed or pretended will -- Unheard of in any system of procedure -- A most wanton violation of private rights -- It seems mighty queer to me, lawyer -- Endeavoring to wrong, cheat, and defraud her -- The old house hasn't killed you yet -- Divested by the courts -- Appendix: Timeline of major legal events.…”
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Beyond Texas through time breaking away from past interpretations /

Table of Contents: “…Volanto -- Why is Big Tex still a white cowboy? race, gender, and the "other Texans" / Michael Phillips -- Deconstructing Texas: the diversity of people, place, and historical imagination in recent Texas history / Carlos Kevin Blanton -- Beyond parochialism: modernization and Texas historiography / Nancy Beck Young.…”
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Texas takes wing : a century of flight in the Lone Star State / by Ganson, Barbara Anne, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Flying Takes Off in Texas -- The Stinson Flying Family of San Antonio and Texas Aviators in the Great War -- Between the World Wars : Barnstormers--Owners and Operators of Flying Services -- Record Setters and Air Racers -- Creating a More Connected World -- Flight Training -- Texas Air Power during the Second World War -- Aircraft Designers and Manufacturers -- Red, White, and Blue All Over : Texas Air Power in the Cold War and the Space Age -- Epilogue: Aeronautical Achievements, Education, and the Future of Air and Space Travel -- Appendices.…”
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Lines in the sand congressional redistricting in Texas and the downfall of Tom DeLay / by Bickerstaff, Steve

Table of Contents: “…-- Republican triumph in the Senate -- Redistricting by cabal: the final redistricting plan -- The effects of the final plan -- The dilemma for racial- and ethnic-minority lawmakers and advocacy organizations -- The role of congressman Tom DeLay, Republican activists and donors, and the White House -- The legal implications of the 2003 redistricting -- Criminal investigations and indictments -- The fall of Congressman DeLay -- Conclusion.…”
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Legendary Ladies of Texas /

Table of Contents: “…EARLY DAYS Maria de Agreda: The lady in blue -- Angelina -- Emily Morgan: Yellow Rose of Texas -- The weeping woman: La Llorona -- SETTLERS Belle Starr: the bandit queen of Dallas -- The ghost of Chipita: the crying woman of San Patricio -- The capitol's lady -- Two sixshooters and a sunbonnet: The story of Sally Skull -- Sophia Porter: Texas' own Scarlett O'Hara -- Elise Waerenskjold: A modern on the prairie -- TEXAS GETS CULTURE Adah Isaacs Menken: From Texas to Paris -- Elisabet Ney: Texas' First lady of sculpture -- Mollie Bailey: Circus entrepreneur -- Martha White McWhirter and the Belton sanctificationists -- Aunt Dicy: Legendary black lady -- El Paso madams -- EARLY 20TH CENTURY Pardon me, Governor Ferguson -- "Tell them I don't smoke cigars": The story of Bonnie Parker -- Glamor girl called Electra -- The babe -- MODERN TIMES Janis and the Austin scene -- Legends in their own time: The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders -- Honky tonk angels -- Woman as victim in modern folklore -- Mrs. …”
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Legendary Ladies of Texas /

Table of Contents: “…EARLY DAYS Maria de Agreda: The lady in blue -- Angelina -- Emily Morgan: Yellow Rose of Texas -- The weeping woman: La Llorona -- SETTLERS Belle Starr: the bandit queen of Dallas -- The ghost of Chipita: the crying woman of San Patricio -- The capitol's lady -- Two sixshooters and a sunbonnet: The story of Sally Skull -- Sophia Porter: Texas' own Scarlett O'Hara -- Elise Waerenskjold: A modern on the prairie -- TEXAS GETS CULTURE Adah Isaacs Menken: From Texas to Paris -- Elisabet Ney: Texas' First lady of sculpture -- Mollie Bailey: Circus entrepreneur -- Martha White McWhirter and the Belton sanctificationists -- Aunt Dicy: Legendary black lady -- El Paso madams -- EARLY 20TH CENTURY Pardon me, Governor Ferguson -- "Tell them I don't smoke cigars": The story of Bonnie Parker -- Glamor girl called Electra -- The babe -- MODERN TIMES Janis and the Austin scene -- Legends in their own time: The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders -- Honky tonk angels -- Woman as victim in modern folklore -- Mrs. …”
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