Texas: The Lone Star State, CourseSmart eTextbook
- ISBN-10
- 1315509792
- ISBN-13
- 9781315509792
- Series
- Texas
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-05-23
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Cary D. Wintz, Adrian Anderson, Ernest Wallace
Description
Written in a narrative style, this comprehensive yet accessible survey of Texas history offers a balanced, scholarly presentation of all time periods and topics.From the beginning sections on geography and prehistoric people, to the concluding discussions on the start of the twenty-first century, this text successfully considers each era equally in terms of space and emphasis.
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Other editions
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- 2021-09-10
- 186 pages
- Paperback
- Legare Street Press
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