Synopses & Reviews
This award-winning history explores eighteenth-century San Antonio de Béxar, a community on the periphery of Spain's North American frontier. From this struggling settlement eventually developed modern San Antonio, Texas. In spite of isolation and neglect, many of the settlers, veterans of frontier colonies farther south, founded San Antonio on centuries-old institutions. Although the colonists often feuded with one another in the early years, frontier political and economic forces molded them into a single community by the end of the eighteenth century.
Crisp prose, vivid descriptions, and strong archival documentation make this community study accessible to students and of interest to scholars.
Synopsis
A beautifully written history of the development of San Antonio in colonial Texas.
Synopsis
This history explores eighteenth-century San Antonio de Bexar, the Spanish colonial precursor to modern San Antonio, Texas. The shared struggle of frontier community building, however, eventually molded the diverse settlers into a cohesive frontier community building, however, eventually molded the diverse settlers into a cohesive frontier people, who created a dynamic, thriving borderlands community. Crisp prose, vivid descriptions, and strong archival documentation make San Antonio Accessible to students and of interest to scholars.
About the Author
Jesus F. de la Teja, Ph.D. is chair of the history department at Texas State University, San Marcos.