![]() ![]() Although the region was part of the Spanish Empire as the northeastern extension of New Spain, Texas was largely a fledgling outpost with little security and a sparse population, as Torget highlights. The book first places the reader in the disaster-riddled territory of Texas in the early decades of the eighteenth century. The author argues that cotton, slavery, and empire were pivotal in shaping the lives of these populations and critical in the transformation of Texas in the nineteenth century. Instead Torget envisions the history of Texas borderlands as multifaceted and multicultural, embodying the actions of Mexicans, Indians, Americans, Europeans, and enslaved blacks. Historian Andrew Torget views this perspective as problematic and Anglo-centric. The investigation seeks to expand traditional narratives, which often view the annexation of Texas as merely the inevitable result of Manifest Destiny. ![]() ![]() Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850 examines the complex evolution of Texas from territory to nation and from nation to American state. Reviewed by Michael Dickinson (University of Delaware) Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850.Ĭhapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015. ![]()
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