Seeds of empire : cotton, slavery, and the transformation of the Texas borderlands, 1800-1850

Seeds of empire : cotton, slavery, and the transformation of the Texas borderlands, 1800-1850 / Andrew J. Torget.

Author/creator	Torget, Andrew J., 1978- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Description	pages cm.
Subject(s)	Cotton trade--Texas --History --19th century. Cotton trade--Mexico --History --19th century. Slavery--Texas --History --19th century. Slavery--Mexico --History --19th century. Texas--History --Revolution, 1835-1836. Texas--History --Republic, 1836-1846. Mexico--History --Wars of Independence, 1810-1821. Mexico--History --19th century.

Series	The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history. ^A1258699
Contents	Introduction. Cotton, slavery, and empire -- In the shadow of cotton -- The Texas borderlands on the eve of Mexican independence -- Bringing Mississippi to Mexico -- American migration to Mexico, 1821-1825 -- The politics of slavery in northeastern Mexico, 1826-1829 -- Cotton, slavery, and the secession of Texas, 1829-1836 -- Cotton nation and slaveholders' republic -- Creating a cotton nation, 1836-1841 -- The failure of the slaveholders' republic, 1842-1845 -- Epilogue. Migrations and transformations -- Appendix 1. The Texas slavery project -- Appendix 2. Cotton prices and trade.
General note	"Short sections of chapters 2 and 3 appeared previously in Stephen F. Austin's views on slavery in early Texas, in This corner of Canaan : essays on Texas in honor of Randolph B. Campbell, edited by Richard McCaslin, Donald Chipman, and Andrew J. Torget (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2013)."--Publisher's description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2015002754
ISBN	9781469624242 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	1469624249 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HD9077 .T39 T67 2015	✔ Available	Place Hold