[PDF] Stephen F Austin eBook

Author : Gregg Cantrell
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 39,74 MB
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1625110391

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The Texas State Historical Association is pleased to offer a reprint edition of Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas, Gregg Cantrell’s path-breaking biography of the founder of Anglo Texas. Cantrell’s portrait goes beyond the traditional interpretation of Austin as the man who spearheaded American Manifest Destiny. Cantrell portrays Austin as a borderlands figure who could navigate the complex cultural landscape of 1820s Texas, then a portion of Mexico. His command of the Spanish language, respect for the Mexican people, and ability to navigate the shoals of Mexican politics made him the perfect advocate for his colonists and often for all of Texas. Yet when conflicts between Anglo colonists and Mexican authorities turned violent, Austin’s accomodationist stance became outdated. Overshadowed by the military hero Sam Houston, he died at the age of forty-three, just six months after Texas independence. Decades after his death, Austin’s reputation was resurrected and he became known as the “Father of Texas.” More than just an icon, Stephen F. Austin emerges from these pages as a shrewd, complicated, and sometimes conflicted figure.

Author : Shirley Luna
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 36,63 MB
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781622889013

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A Day at SFA takes young children on a tour through Stephen F. Austin State University's Lumberjack land. Whether visiting Homer Bryce Stadium where the ferocious Lumberjacks dominate the field, the Johnson Coliseum where Lumberjack athletes show off their talents,or the newly built STEM center with its magical planetarium, this is a book for Lumberjack fans of all ages. Images bursting with color lead readers through the tall pines in the award-winning azalea garden to the famous Ag Pond tucked behind the Military Science building.

Author : Stephen F. Austin
Publisher :
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 27,9 MB
Release : 2017-04
Category : Singing
ISBN : 9780990507376

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The pedagogy of singing is based on long historic precedents, going back many generations. Austin traces these developments back to their roots, using contemporary voice science to confirm the validity of these proven methods

Author : Eugene Campbell Barker
Publisher :
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 32,22 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Politicians
ISBN :

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Almost a hundred years after the death of Stephen F. Austin this first full-length biography was published. And for almost a quarter of a century--dividing his time between editing, teaching, textbook writing, and serving in various academic capacities--Eugene C. Barker pursued the study which resulted in The Life of Stephen F. Austin. His accomplishment has long been regarded as a fine example of biography in Texas literature.

Author : Jean Flynn
Publisher :
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Pioneers
ISBN : 9781571685674

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A biography of the Texas pioneer and leader in the Texas Revolution of 1835 and 1836.

Author : Danielle Dreilinger
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1324004509

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The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term “home economics” may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins. But common conception obscures the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists, and businesspeople. And it has something to teach us today. In the surprising, often fiercely feminist and always fascinating The Secret History of Home Economics, Danielle Dreilinger traces the field’s history from Black colleges to Eleanor Roosevelt to Okinawa, from a Betty Crocker brigade to DIY techies. These women—and they were mostly women—became chemists and marketers, studied nutrition, health, and exercise, tested parachutes, created astronaut food, and took bold steps in childhood development and education. Home economics followed the currents of American culture even as it shaped them. Dreilinger brings forward the racism within the movement along with the strides taken by women of color who were influential leaders and innovators. She also looks at the personal lives of home economics’ women, as they chose to be single, share lives with other women, or try for egalitarian marriages. This groundbreaking and engaging history restores a denigrated subject to its rightful importance, as it reminds us that everyone should learn how to cook a meal, balance their account, and fight for a better world.

Author : Betsy Warren
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Pioneers
ISBN : 9780937460962

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A brief account of the lives of Moses Austin and his son, Stephen Fuller Austin, important figures in Texas history.

Author : Betty Smith Meischen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 39,44 MB
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1796043001

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Austin Colony Pioneers is a collection of many families that came to Texas in its earliest days and the German settlers and their influences upon the growth of Texas. The book is filled with many anecdotes, short stories, obituaries and articles gleaned from area newspapers. These early families intermarried and not only filled Austin’s original colony but their descendants went to every corner of America. The book traces many of these early pioneers into the present day and also gives their roots before they came to Texas. Colonel William Barret Travis of the Alamo has been a constant element of Betty’s historical research because her family was connected to him in many ways. There are descriptions of persons of historical note such as that of General George Custer and his command of Hempstead, Waller County, after the Civil War. There are stories of towns that once flourished and today are no more. The pages are packed with accounts such as the Bell-Schaffner feud and Shootout in Sealy, Texas and tales of infamous Six Shooter Junction, of Elizabeth Ney, the famous sculptress, and many other historical places and persons of interest.

Author : Edytta Wojnar
Publisher : Stephen F. Austin University Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781622882366

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Many immigrants experience the concept of third space, a culture and language unique to themselves within the intersection of past and present, of there and here. In Dandelions in Third Space, Edytta Wojnar describes her own experiences with this third space she created for herself after emigrating from Poland, which resulted in the loss of language and family. Within this collection of 70 poems, many explore acculturation, investigating what it means to be an immigrant, what it means to be a writer who has lost a language. Expanding the metaphorical concept of third space to marriage, Wojnar describes the continual translation and adoption that occurs between two people's backgrounds and psychological traits. Wojnar doesn't shy away from any topic, describing her experiences as an immigrant, a wife, and a mother with refreshing, sometimes brutal, honesty. "My Mother's Necklace", Dandelions in Third Space "I left my home country & learned a lie can be true-- life can be wasted & there is a metaphor for every loss-- even language."