سرزمین ناآرام: از انقلاب تا جمهوری، مبارزه برای تگزاس

A bold new history of the origins and aftermath of the Texas Revolution, revealing how Indians, Mexicans, and Americans battled for survival in one of the continent’s most diverse regions The Texas Revolution has long been cast as an epic episode in the origins of the American West. As the story goes, larger-than-life figures like Sam Houston, David Crockett, and William Barret Travis fought to free Texas from repressive Mexican rule. In Unsettled Land, historian Sam Haynes reveals the reality beneath this powerful creation myth. He shows how the lives of ordinary people—white Americans, Mexicans, Native Americans, and those of African descent—were upended by extraordinary events over twenty-five years. After the battle of San Jacinto, racial lines snapped taut as a new nation, the Lone Star republic, sought to expel Indians, marginalize Mexicans, and tighten its grip on the enslaved. This is a revelatory and essential new narrative of a major turning point in the history of North America. What must been done with us poor Indians? -- Innocents abroad -- The red and white Republic of Fredonia -- An Elysium of rogues -- Texas must be a slave country -- The most avid nation in the world -- Long live Santa Anna! -- Suspended over the altar of sacrifice -- You have torn the constitution to pieces -- The blood of our ancestors flows warm in our veins -- Solely, purely, simply American -- Two armies -- More commanders-in-chief than one -- To the Lynchburg ferry -- The prisoners of Velasco -- The Barnyard Republic -- He is unfortunately a man of colour -- I have never told you a lie -- Wild cannibals of the woods -- As far west as it is possible for Americans to go -- A foreigner in my native land -- Striding with giant steps toward dissolution -- We are not ashamed to confess that we want repose -- To conquer a peace -- A decent place in which a white man could live "The Texas Revolution has long been cast as an epic episode in the origins of the American West. As the story goes, larger-than-life figures like Sam Houston, David Crockett, and William Barret Travis fought to free Texas from repressive Mexican rule. In Unsettled Land, historian Sam Haynes reveals the reality beneath this powerful creation myth. He shows how the lives of ordinary people--white Americans, Mexicans, Native Americans, and those of African descent--were upended by extraordinary events over twenty-five years. After the battle of San Jacinto, racial lines snapped taut as a new nation, the Lone Star republic, sought to expel Indians, marginalize Mexicans, and tighten its grip on the enslaved. This is a revelatory and essential new narrative of a major turning point in the history of North America."--Front jacket flap "The Texas Revolution has long been cast as an epic episode in the origins of the American West. As the story goes, larger-than-life figures like Sam Houston, David Crockett, and William Barret Travis fought to free Texas from repressive Mexican rule. In Unsettled Land, historian Sam Haynes reveals the reality beneath this powerful creation myth. He shows how the lives of ordinary people--white Americans, Mexicans, Native Americans, and those of African descent--were upended by extraordinary events over twenty-five years. After the battle of San Jacinto, racial lines snapped taut as a new nation, the Lone Star republic, sought to expel Indians, marginalize Mexicans, and tighten its grip on the enslaved. This is a revelatory and essential new narrative of a major turning point in the history of North America." -- Amazon.com