Texas Boomtowns:: A History of Blood and Oil 2015949873

Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico 0306806282, 9780306806285

"Mexico's history is a mixture of conquest and plunder, violence and brutality, fabulous civilizations, and sp

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Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life 9780804798570

Kuwait Transformed analyzes the intricate relationship between the urban landscape, the patterns and practices of everyd

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The Republican Party of Texas: A Political History 9781477322529

On July 4, 1867, a group of men assembled in Houston to establish the Republican Party of Texas. Combatting entrenched s

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The City in Texas: A History 9780292767478

Texans love the idea of wide-open spaces and, before World War II, the majority of the state’s people did live and work

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Texas Lithographs: A Century of History in Images 9781477325988

Westward expansion in the United States was deeply intertwined with the technological revolutions of the nineteenth cent

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A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles: A History of Politics and Race in Texas 9781477321898

For John Nance “Cactus Jack” Garner, there was one simple rule in politics: “You’ve got to bloody your knuckles.” It’s a

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Oil Powers: A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance 9780231552073

Victor McFarland challenges the view that the U.S.-Saudi alliance is the inevitable consequence of American energy deman

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Standard History of Houston Texas 9783849649197

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Oil Politics: A Modern History of Petroleum 9780755620593, 9781860649776

Many international conflicts in the world today revolve around the control of oil - despite the protestations of politic

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Oil in Texas: The Gusher Age, 1895-1945 9780292798557

As the twentieth century began, oil in Texas was easy to find, but the quantities were too small to attract industrial c

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