| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 201 pages, 4 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Series |
New narratives in American history |
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New narratives in American history.
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| Contents |
Sam Houston's speechwriters -- With Santa Anna in Texas -- Looking for Davy -- The paintbrush and the knife |
| Summary |
This text employs a particular archival 'find' in each chapter to show how the meaning of the Texas Revolution, and especially the Alamo battle, cannot be understood without examining the construction of the histories and myths about the birth of the Texas Republic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Historiography
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| SUBJECT |
Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95009560
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Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836 -- Historiography
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Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134265
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Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Historiography
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Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Biography
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| Subject |
Texas
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Texas -- San Antonio
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004049255 |
| ISBN |
9780195184082 |
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0195184084 |
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128384835X |
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9781283848350 |
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0199755809 |
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9780199755806 |
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