Los Brazos de Dios: A Plantation Society in the Texas Borderlands, 1821--1865 Contributor(s): Kelley, Sean M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807136875 ISBN-13: 9780807136874 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: 976.4 |
LCCN: 2010006408 |
Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 296 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Historians have long believed that the frontier shaped Texas plantation society, but in this detailed examination of Texas's most important plantation region, Sean M. Kelley asserts that the dominant influence was not the frontier but the Mexican Republic. The Lower Brazos River Valley -- the only slave society to take root under Mexican sovereignty -- made replication of eastern plantation culture extremely difficult and complicated. By tracing the synthesis of cultures, races, and politics in the region, Kelley reveals a distinct variant of southern slavery -- a borderland plantation society. |