D. W. Meinig

Volume one examines how an immense diversity of ethnic and religious groups ultimately created a set of distict regional societies. Volume two emphasises the flux, uncertainty, and unpredictablilty of the expansion into continental America, showing how a multitude of individuals confronted complex and problematic issues.

With a fresh approach to regional interpretation, this book examines the development of Texas as a human area, from the simple outline of the Spanish colony to the complex patterns of the modern state. Dividing Texas history into four major periods, the author examines patterns of settlementand development, and population characteristics and conflicts, during theSpanish-Mexican era, the years of the Republic and early statehood, the Post-Civil War period, and the twentieth century.