MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01737cam a2200325 i 4500
001 2013005667
003 DLC
005 20151230075807.0
008 130225t2013 okub b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2013005667
020 $a9780806143460 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-tx
050 00 $aF390$b.K35 2013
082 00 $a306.3/490976409034$223
100 1 $aKennedy, Roger G.
245 10 $aCotton and conquest :$bhow the plantation system acquired Texas /$cRoger G. Kennedy.
264 1 $aNorman :$bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $axvi, 352 pages :$bmaps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-337) and index.
505 0 $aForeword : informed delight / by William deBuys -- Lineaments of force -- Textiles, Britain, France, and Texas -- The British and Texas -- THe French and gunboat diplomacy -- The sword of Duwali -- Dividing and conquering the land -- The Ellicotts and William Augustus Bowles -- Mercantile firms -- The new plantocracy at home -- Philip Nolan, James Wilkinson, and the art of reconnaissance -- Intrigue in many forms -- The Natchez nabobs -- William Dunbar and the "voyages of discovery" -- The planters' Mexico or Mexico's Mexico? -- Restoring the record -- Escaping the burden of southern history -- Last things and legacies.
651 0 $aTexas$xEconomic conditions$y19th century.
651 0 $aTexas$xCommerce$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aCotton trade$zTexas$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPlantations$xEconomic aspects$zTexas$xHistory$y19th century.