Texas in the Confederacy : an experiment in nation building / Clayton E. Jewett.

"Historians examining the Confederacy have often assumed the existence of a monolithic South unified behind the politics and culture of slavery. In addition, they have argued for the emergence of a strong central state government in the Confederacy. In Texas in the Confederacy, Clayton E. Jewet...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Jewett, Clayton E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2002.
Series:Shades of blue and gray series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 "The Cold Sweat of Death": Texas Prosecession and Antisecession Politics
  • Ch. 2 In Defense of Liberty and Property: The Secession Movement
  • Ch. 3 Bleeding Frontier: Indian Conflict, 1861-1862
  • Ch. 4 Defending the State: Texas Military Enlistment
  • Ch. 5 Production and Supply of Necessary Material: Texas Institutions, Cloth, Salt, and Iron
  • Ch. 6 "In Disregard and Defiance": The Cotton-Trade Controversy
  • Ch. 7 "Her Present and Proud Condition": Railroads, Education, Mutual-Aid Societies, and Asylums
  • App. 1 Regression Analysis: Support for Secession
  • App. 2 Regression Analysis: Military Enlistment
  • App. 3 County Military Enlistment
  • App. 4 Regression Analysis: Ninth Legislature
  • App. 5 Regression Analysis: Tenth Legislature
  • App. 6 Legislative Participation and Support.