Texas: A Historical Atlas - Softcover

A. Ray Stephens (author) & Carol Zuber-Mallison (Maps By)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080614307X ISBN 13: 9780806143071

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012

Synopsis

When in the early 1870s historian Hubert Howe Bancroft sent interviewers out to gather oral histories from the pre-statehood gentry of California, he didn’t count on one thing: the women. When the men weren’t available, the interviewers collected the stories of the women of the household—sometimes almost as an afterthought. These interviews were eventually archived at the University of California, though many were all but forgotten. Testimonios presents thirteen women’s firsthand accounts from the days when California was part of Spain and Mexico. Having lived through the gold rush and seen their country change so drastically, these women understood the need to tell the full story of the people and the places that were their California.

About this title

About the Author

A. Ray Stephens is retired as Professor of History at the University of North Texas, Denton, and Director of the Texas History Institute.

Carol Zuber-Mallison is an award-winning freelance artist specializing in maps and informational graphics. For 14 years she was an editor and artist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Dallas Morning News. She also created maps and graphics for the Texas Almanac and Texas: A Historical Atlas.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080614307X
• ISBN 13: 9780806143071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448