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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Cortina 1, 2
Author: Lotus Cortina
Author: Colin PittPublisher:
ISBN: 9781910241479
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Cortina
Author: Jerry ThompsonPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585445929
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
At a time when the U.S.-Mexican border was still not clearly defined and when the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and land hunger impelled the Anglo presence ever deeper and more intrusively into South Texas, Juan Nepomucino Cortina cut a violent swath across the region in a conflict that came to be known as The Cortina War. Did this border caudillo fight to defend the rights, honor, and legal claims of the Mexicans of South Texas, as he claimed? Or was his a quest for personal vengeance against the newcomers who had married into his family, threatened his mother’s land holdings, and insulted his honor? Historian Jerry Thompson mines the archival record and considers it in light of recent revisionist history of the region. As a result, he produces not only a carefully nuanced work on Cortina—the most comprehensive to date for this pivotal borderlands figure—but also a balanced interpretation of the violence that racked South Texas from the 1840s through the 1860s. Cortina’s influence in the region made him a force to be reckoned with during the American Civil War. He influenced Mexican politics from the 1840s to the 1870s and fought in the Mexican Army for more than forty-five years. His daring cross-border cattle raids, carried out for more than two decades, made his exploits the stuff of sensational journalism in the newspapers of New York, Boston, and other American cities. By the time of his imprisonment in 1877, Cortina and his followers had so roiled South Texas that Anglo reprisals were being taken against Mexicans and Tejanos throughout the region, ironically worsening the racism that had infuriated Cortina in the beginning. The effects of this troubled period continue to resonate in Anglo-Mexican and Anglo-Tejano relations, down to this very day. Students of regional and borderlands history will find this premier biography to be a rich source of new perspectives. Its transnational focus and balanced approach will reward scholarly and general readers alike.
The Eastern Alps
Author: Eastern Alps
Author: Karl BaedekerThe Eastern Alps
Author: Karl BaedekerPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3956561988
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Es handelt sich um einen Nachdruck der englischsprachigen Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1899 mit vielen farbig gedruckten Karten.
Classic British Car Electrical Systems
Author: Rick AstleyPublisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1845849159
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 727
Book Description
This book covers British car electrical systems from 1950 to 1980. Particular emphasis is placed on the Lucas, Smith and SU components that were ubiquitous in British cars of the period. Each major system is given its own chapter, providing theory, component parts and full system operating explanations. Modifications are suggested for those wishing to bring performance and reliability up to more modern standards. Fault-finding charts, cross referenced to the appropriate pages in the book, are provided throughout.
The Eastern Alps, Including the Bavarian Highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, and Carinthia
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Eastern Alps, Including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Juan N. Cortina and the Struggle for Justice in Texas
Author: Carlos LarraldePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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