The History of Texas is fully revised and updated in this fifth edition to reflect the latest scholarship in its coverage of Texas history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Fully revised to reflect the most recent scholarly findings Offers extensive coverage of twentieth-century Texas history Includes an overview of Texas history up to the Election of 2012 Provides online resources for students and instructors, including a test bank, maps, presentation slides, and more

Author Biography

Robert A. Calvert, a fifth-generation Texan, wasProfessor of History at Texas A&M University, where he taughtfor more than twenty-five years. He received his B.A. and M.A.degrees from the University of North Texas and his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Texas at Austin. A former President of the TexasState Historical Association as well as a Fellow and Honorary LifeMember of that organization, Dr. Calvert wrote or edited numerousbooks and articles, most of them on Texas history. Arnoldo De Leon is C. J. Red DavidsonProfessor of History at Angelo State University, Texas. He is theauthor of several works on Texas and Mexican American history,among them The Tejano Community:1836-1900 (1982, 1997);Mexican Americans in Texas: A Brief History (1993, 1999,2009); Racial Frontiers: Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans inWestern America, 1848-1890 (2002); and editor of War Alongthe Border: The Mexican Revolution and Tejano Communities(2012); and co-author of North to Aztlan: A History ofMexican Americans in the United States (2006). His numerousawards and distinctions include selection as Fellow of the TexasState Historical Association and membership in the Texas Instituteof Letters. He was the recipient, in 2013, of the NationalAssociation of Chicana and Chicano Studies Premio Estrellade Aztlan Lifetime Achievement Award. Gregg Cantrell is the Erma and Ralph Lowe Chair in TexasHistory at Texas Christian University. He is the author or editorof numerous works on Texas history, including Lone Star Pasts:Memory and History in Texas (2007), Stephen F. Austin,Empresario of Texas (1999), and Feeding the Wolf: John B.Rayner and the Politics of Race (2001). He is a member of theTexas Institute of Letters and Fellow of the Texas State HistoricalAssociation, of which he served as President, 2013-2014.