List of MapsPreface and AcknowledgmentsTimelineChapter 1 Contact of Civilizations, 1521-1721Chapter 2 Spaniards in a Far Northern Frontera, 1721-1821Chapter 3 Mexican Texas, 1821-1836Chapter 4 Launching a Nation, 1836-1848Chapter 5 Statehood, Secession, and Civil War, 1848-1865Chapter 6 The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1876Chapter 7 A Frontier Society in Transition, 1876-1886Chapter 8 Texas in the Age of Agrarian Discontent, 1886-1900Chapter 9 Texas in the Progressive Era, 1900-1929Chapter 10 Texas and the Great Depression, 1929-1941Chapter 11 War, Prosperity, and Modernization, 1941-1960Chapter 12 Texas in Transition, 1960-1986Chapter 13 A New Texas? 1986-2001Chapter 14 Into the New Millennium, 2001-2018AppendixIndex
Robert A. Calvert was an American historian and professor at Texas A&M University, best known for his scholarship and textbook on the history of Texas.Arnoldo De León is Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus, Angelo State University. He is a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, and author of several works on Texas and Mexican American history.Gregg Cantrell is the Erma and Ralph Lowe Chair in Texas History at Texas Christian University. He is author and editor of numerous works on Texas history, and Fellow and former President of the Texas State Historical Association.