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Item #6917
CONFLICT AND COMMERCE ON THE RIO GRANDE, Laredo, 1755-1955
Author: John A. Adams, Jr.
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Since its earliest days Laredo on the Rio Grande has stood at the intersection of regional commerce. The Villa de Laredo was the second permanent chartered settlement in Texas. The author, who lived in Laredo for ten years and served as executive director and CEO of The Laredo Development Foundation, earned a Ph.D. in history from Texas A&M University. This background has enabled him to provide the first ever panoramic business and economic history of Laredo. The area evolved from a ranching and agricultural center to a boomimg port of trade today and a principal center of commerce and financial services on the southern border of the United States. Adams demonstrates how the increasingly diversified economy of the region fed the fortunes of the city through periods of expansion and dispute alike. Illustrated. College Station, 2008 Texas A&M University 1st Ed., 6 x 9&1/4, 286 Pgs., HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #7028
PIONEERS OF ARIZONA AND THE EARLY SOUTHWEST, History of a Pioneer Family in the Southwest
Author: Yjinio Aguirre
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In his third book of history and recollections of ranch life in Arizona the author transports the reader to another time and place, with interesting stories of his early family and their contributions to the lore of " The Old West." He is a born storyteller and brings to life his early experiences in the Aguirre family ranches, life in Tucson, his work in Mexico during the hoof and mouth disesase scare, and his portayals of Juan Bautista de Anza. Casa Grande, AZ, 2004 privately printed 1st Ed., 72 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11, PB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8083
KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR, Carlos Eduardo Castaņeda, 1896-1958
Author: Felix D. Almaraz, Jr.
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Long-awaited biography of eminent yet unknown historian of the twentieth century. In 1939 he became a professor and historian at the University of Texas, teaching Latin American and Catholic History, publishing 18 books and nearly 50 articles in three decades. His seven-volume study, Our Catholic Heritage in Texas, 1519-1950 is considered best work ever written on the Spanish colonial era in Texas. College Sta., TX, 1999 1st Ed., 512 Pgs., HB | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #8093
TEJANO LEGACY, Rancheros and Settlers in South Texas, 1734-1900
Author: Armando Alonzo
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Path breaking study of Tejano ranchers and settlers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley from their colonial roots in 1730 until 1900. Analyzes complex Mexican-Anglo interaction in South Texas, and how Tejanos continued to play a leading role in the commercialization of ranching after the 1848 Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty. A result of a careful study of land and tax records, brands, livestock bills of sale, wills, population and agricultural censuses, and oral histories. Also shows how Tejanos adapted to maintain control of their ranchos despite Anglo encroachment. Albuquerque, 1998, 1st Ed., 368 Pgs, PB. | |
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