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Bastrop County during Reconstruction (review)

Bastrop County during Reconstruction (review) Southwestern Historical Quarterly January result of this focus, it situates Texas unambiguously within a southern rather than a western tradition, an assumption to which some Texas historians might object. In addition, Still the Arena of Civil War reads largely as local history and does not, therefore, make a significant contribution to the larger theoretical debates within the discipline. Nonetheless, it will be welcomed by anyone interested in the history of the Lone Star State. University of Texas­Pan American Brent M. S. Campney Bastrop County during Reconstruction. By Kenneth Kesselus. (Bastrop, Tex.: Wash Jones Press, 2011. Pp. 256. Illustrations, appendices, notes, index. ISBN 9780615522166, n.p.) Kenneth Kesselus examines Bastrop County during the period 1865­1874 as a way to explore the transformations taking place both in Texas and in the United States during Reconstruction. Kesselus, a native of Bastrop County, is quite familiar with the local terrain, history, and personalities, and he takes care to distill this knowledge for the reader. He examines in careful detail all features of life in Bastrop County and covers such aspects as economic development, building and rebuilding infrastructure (including a failed attempt to persuade a railroad to run a line through the town of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

Bastrop County during Reconstruction (review)

Southwestern Historical Quarterly , Volume 116 (3) – Dec 11, 2013

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Abstract

Southwestern Historical Quarterly January result of this focus, it situates Texas unambiguously within a southern rather than a western tradition, an assumption to which some Texas historians might object. In addition, Still the Arena of Civil War reads largely as local history and does not, therefore, make a significant contribution to the larger theoretical debates within the discipline. Nonetheless, it will be welcomed by anyone interested in the history of the Lone Star State. University of Texas­Pan American Brent M. S. Campney Bastrop County during Reconstruction. By Kenneth Kesselus. (Bastrop, Tex.: Wash Jones Press, 2011. Pp. 256. Illustrations, appendices, notes, index. ISBN 9780615522166, n.p.) Kenneth Kesselus examines Bastrop County during the period 1865­1874 as a way to explore the transformations taking place both in Texas and in the United States during Reconstruction. Kesselus, a native of Bastrop County, is quite familiar with the local terrain, history, and personalities, and he takes care to distill this knowledge for the reader. He examines in careful detail all features of life in Bastrop County and covers such aspects as economic development, building and rebuilding infrastructure (including a failed attempt to persuade a railroad to run a line through the town of

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Published: Dec 11, 2013

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