THE TEXAS MODERN

The nineteenth century was a time of war, of maneuver, position, and outright violence. The seeds of war were scattered alongside the ashes of those killed in the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, and local and regional conflicts emerged soon after, but it was not until the early twentieth century that the...

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Published in	Remembering the Alamo p. 1
Main Author	RICHARD R. FLORES
Format	Book Chapter
Language	English
Published	University of Texas Press 01.01.2010
Subjects	American studies Anthropology Armed conflict Arts Ballads Behavioral sciences Capitalism Cognitive psychology Collective memory Corridos Economic theory Economics Ethnography Ethnology Human behavior Human societies Latin American culture Latin American studies Memory Military science Music Music genres Performing arts Personality psychology Political science Popular music Prejudices Psychological attitudes Psychology Racism Social behavior Social interaction Social sciences Social structures Sociology Urban agriculture Urban ecology Urban studies Violence War Warfare
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Summary:	The nineteenth century was a time of war, of maneuver, position, and outright violence. The seeds of war were scattered alongside the ashes of those killed in the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, and local and regional conflicts emerged soon after, but it was not until the early twentieth century that the seeds of conflict would fully germinate. The story of how the Alamo emerged as a major site of American cultural memory does not begin in 1836 but in the latter part of the nineteenth century as Texas was undergoing a vast social transformation. It is then that efforts
ISBN:	0292725396 9780292725393