Unsure which of its legacies are true and which to embrace, Texas grapples with an identity crisis. One camp insists that the state s roots in slavery, segregation, and cotton make it southern. Another argues that its Native and ranching history make it western. Outside Texas, southern and western historians who don t know what to make of the state ignore it altogether. In his innovative settling of the question, Glen Sample Ely examines the state s historical DNA, making sense of Lone Star identity west of the hundredth meridian and defining Texas s place in the American West.Focusing on the...
Unsure which of its legacies are true and which to embrace, Texas grapples with an identity crisis. One camp insists that the state s roots in slavery...
Wild Spaces, Open Seasons traces the theme of hunting and fishing in American art from the early nineteenth century through World War II. Describing a remarkable group of American paintings and sculpture, the contributors reveal the pervasiveness of the subjects and the fascinating contexts from which they emerged. In one important example after another, the authors demonstrate that representations of hunting and fishing did more than illustrate subsistence activities or diverting pastimes. The portrayal of American hunters and fishers also spoke to American ambitions and...
Wild Spaces, Open Seasons traces the theme of hunting and fishing in American art from the early nineteenth century through World War II....
