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50 BASIC TEXAS BOOKS
(A). New York: Russell & Russell, Publishers, 1962. 501pp. Illus. 23cm. Cloth. 400
copies printed.
(B). Austin & London: University of Texas Press, Published in cooperation with
the Texas State Historical Association, 1970. [x],[2],50opp. Two maps, one
folding. 22cm. Cloth. Dustjacket.
(C). Paperback edition of (B). Texas History Paperbacks, TH-8. 22cm.
(D). Fascimile of first edition. Millwood, New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1974.
13 illus. and maps. 24cm. Cloth Verso of title: "Printed in Germany."
This is the best work of scholarship on 18th century Texas. J. Lloyd
Mecham called it "the outstanding work on Texas during the entire
Spanish period," but Castaneda's seven-volume work must surely be
more deserving of that statement. W. E. Dunn more accurately said
that it gives "for the first time an authoritative and connected account
of the chief events in the history of Texas during the years from 1730
to 1789." It is one of the first works in which Bolton develops his
theme of the interrelationship between international influences and
local history.
This volume was the outgrowth of four monographs published in
the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, greatly revised and with much new
material. Bolton explained: "In the middle eighteenth century Texas
occupied an important position in the northeastern frontier of New
Spain . . . In spite of its importance, the history of [Spanish] Texas
after 1731 has been little known, and has been regarded as more or less
barren. As a matter of fact, the province in that period experienced
much activity, and its history offers many and varied interests . .
The present volume is not a history; it is, rather, a collection of special
studies, closely related in time and subject-matter, and designed to
throw light upon a neglected period in the history of one of the most
important of Spain's northern provinces."
The most valuable section of the book is the introductory survey
(pp. 1-133), which summarizes the nature of Texas as a buffer province
between New Spain and French Louisiana. This is followed by four
special studies: "The San Xavier Missions (1745-1768)," "The Reor-
ganization of the Lower Gulf Coast (1746-1768)," "Spanish Activities
on the Lower Trinity River (1746-1771)," and "The Removal from the
Reoccupation of Eastern Texas (1773-1779)." These are followed by 54
pages of bibliography and index.
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Jenkins, John Holmes. Basic Texas Books: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works for a Research Library, book, 1988; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth296838/m1/65/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.