{"product_id":"texan-crucible-how-the-irish-germans-and-czechs-became-anglo-hardback-9781477334102","title":"Texan Crucible; How the Irish, Germans, and Czechs Became Anglo (Hardback) 9781477334102","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTexan Crucible\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow the Irish, Germans, and Czechs Became Anglo\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarian J. Barber (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477334102, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 June 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 11 b\u0026amp;w illus., 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTexan Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e successfully undertakes an ambitious aim: examining the interactions of the leading Texas ethnic groups—Irish, Germans, Czechs, and Mexicans—with the dominant white Anglo society and in context with one another. Barber covers over a century of these groups' political and social histories, but the book's other significant contribution is its study of identity, both self-identity and the perception of others, in greater detail and with greater sophistication than has been done before. The ensuing insights into histories of immigration and race in Texas are complemented by a lively writing style and a good eye for telling anecdotes. Equally suited for general readers and Texas history courses.\" - Walter D. Kamphoefner, Texas A\u0026amp;M University, author of \u003ci\u003eGermans in America: A Concise History \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Barber offers a compelling, fascinating account of the long and contested history of how European immigrants in Texas evolved from nationality groups to Anglos. \u003ci\u003eTexan Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully weaves together the histories of these immigrants, Anglos, African Americans, and Mexican Americans to complicate our understanding of race relations and American identity in the United States. It provides an important corrective to our understanding of European immigrants' integration, one that goes beyond the traditional focus on the coastal communities.\" - Maddalena Marinari, Gustavus Adolphus College, author of \u003ci\u003eUnwanted: Italian and Jewish Mobilization against Restrictive Immigration Laws 1882–1965\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history of European immigrants in Texas and how they redefined racial identity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e While the creation of a Black-White racial binary was foundational to most of the United States, nineteenth-century Texas developed a unique tripartite system that acknowledged the role of individuals of Mexican ancestry in a region that was Spanish, Mexican, and an independent nation before becoming a US (and briefly Confederate) state. Yet this framework was fraught, struggling to accommodate new arrivals from beyond North America, in particular the Irish, Germans, and Czechs.\u003ci\u003e Texan Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of these immigrants and how they became Anglo. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Marian Barber reveals the ways language, religion, alcohol use, and attitudes toward slavery distinguished these newcomers to Texas from those arriving from the eastern United States and how they nevertheless created thriving, influential communities. Their status was shaped by events inside and far beyond Texas, including an 1887 prohibition fight, the Civil War, and two world wars that encouraged them to erase their distinctiveness. As segregation was formally outlawed and civil rights activism grew, understandings of race shifted, cementing these groups’ status as Anglo. \u003ci\u003eTexan Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e recovers the histories of German, Irish, and Czech immigrants and unveils the social construction of racial difference underpinning Texan identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction. Coming to Terms \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Coming to Texas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. Roots of Resentment \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. A World Turned Upside Down \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. The First “\u003cbr\u003eSecond Battle of the Alamo”\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. Superiority versus Separation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Prelude to War \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. No Laughter Down Here \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 8. German Texans in a World at War \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 9. The Tejano Turn \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 10. Resurgence and Transformation: The Interwar Period \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 11. Descent into War—\u003cbr\u003eAgain \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 12. Postwar Forces for Change \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion. Tragedy and Its Aftermath \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591025619224,"sku":"9781477334102","price":29.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/texan-crucible-how-the-irish-germans-and-czechs-became-anglo-hardback-9781477334102","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}