In this Book
- Where the West Begins: Debating Texas Identity
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Texas Tech University Press
- Series: Plains Histories
summary
Unsure which of its legacies are true and which to embrace, Texas grapples with an identity crisis. One camp insists that the state’s roots in slavery, segregation, and cotton make it southern. Another argues that its Native and ranching history make it western. Outside Texas, southern and western historians who don’t know what to make of the state ignore it altogether. In his innovative settling of the question, Glen Sample Ely examines the state’s historical DNA, making sense of Lone Star identity west of the hundredth meridian and defining Texas’s place in the American West.Focusing on the motives that shape how Texans appropriate their past—from cashing in on tourism to avoiding historical realities—Ely reveals the inner workings of a multiplicity of Texas identities.
Table of Contents
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- Front Matter
- pp. 1-8
- List of Illustrations & Maps
- pp. xi-12
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Plainsword
- pp. xv-xvii
- Title
- 1. Where the West Begins
- pp. 3-34
- 5. Texas Identity West of the 100th Meridian
- pp. 121-131
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- pp. 171-192
- About the Author
- p. 220
Additional Information
ISBN
9780896728189
Related ISBN(s)
9780896727243
MARC Record
OCLC
868219621
Pages
228
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No