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Ethnic Groups / Cultural History   

Catalog Last Updated: 07/24/10 14 items.

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Alexander, Charles C.   CRUSADE FOR CONFORMITY: THE KU KLUX KLAN IN TEXAS, 1920-1930  
Houston: Texas Gulf Coast Hist., 1962. 1st ed. 88 pages. Paperback. Vol VI, Number 1 of the Texas Gulf Coast Historical Association. An examination of fundamentalist KKK resurgence in Houston, Waco, Dallas and other Texas communites in the early 1920s.
Good+/Wraps. # A8056. $125.00     Inquire Now  
Bryant, Ira B.   ANDREW JACKSON YOUNG, MR. AMBASSADOR  
Hosuton: D. Armstrong Company, 1979. 1st ed. 79 pages. Hardcover. Biography of Young, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. B/w photos.
As New/As New. A new copy still in shrinkwrap. # A8113. $10.75     Inquire Now  
Burland, Cottie.   MEN WITHOUT MACHINES: THE STORY OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLES  
Garden City: Natural History Press, 1969. 1st Am. ed. 252 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated throughout with b/w & color photos, drawings & paintings, the history of primitive peoples around the world and cultural inter-actions today.
Near Fine/No Jacket. # A5902. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Burnett, Whit.   BLACK HANDS ON A WHITE FACE A TIMEPIECE OF EXPERIENCES IN A BLACK AND WHITE AMERICA  
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1971. 392 pages. Hardcover. A collection of compelling writings from the likes of Richard Wright, Robert Penn Warren, Eldridge Cleaver, James Baldwin and others.
Near Fine/VG. # A1883. $7.00     Inquire Now  
Campbell, Thomas H.   GOOD NEWS ON THE FRONTIER: A HISTORY OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH  
Memphis: Frontier Press, 1965. Reprint. 172 pages. Paperback. History of this denomination, revivalism, advancement on the frontier, Negro Cumberland Presbyterians, early missionary works around the world, Civil War times, reconstruction and beyond.
Good/Wraps. Underlined text. # A4624. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Manuel, Herschel T.   SPANISH SPEAKING CHILDREN OF THE SOUTHWEST THEIR EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC WELFARE  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1965. 222 pages. Paperback. Examination of problems facing schools with non English speaking students.
Fine/Wraps. # A3153. $2.00     Inquire Now  
Pemberton, Doris Hollis.   JUNETEENTH AT COMANCHE CROSSING  
Austin: Eakin Press, 1983. 1st ed. 332 pages. Hardcover. 0890153736 0-89015-373-6. This panorama of Negro history includes documented accounts, stories, profiles, personal experiences from slavery time thru the 1970s, in Limestone County, Texas. Bibliography & index. Very scarce.
Fine/Fine. # A1947. $155.00     Inquire Now  
Prather, Patricia Smith.   FROM SLAVE TO STATESMAN THE LEGACY OF JOSHUA HOUSTON, SERVANT TO SAM HOUSTON  
Denton: Univ. North Texas, 1995. Reprint. 292 pages. Paperback. 0929398874 0-929398-87-4. Biography of Joshua Houston, slave of Margaret Lea & Sam Houston, becoming one of the first Black city aldermen and property owners following his freedom in 1863. B/w photos, index.
As New/Wraps. New in shrinkwwrap. # 11307. $8.95     Inquire Now  
Prewitt (editor), Christa.   GERMAN IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS (GERMAN TEXAS HERITAGE SOCIETY)  
Austin: German TX Heritage Soc., 1997. 1st ed. 241 pages. Paperback. 1571685278 1-57168-527-8. Great reference work on early German immigrants coming to Texas. Family lines, various charts & maps, surname index. Entries submitted by many families, edited by Prewitt.
As New/Wraps. BRAND NEW. # 17784. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sealsfield, Charles.   THE CABIN BOOK OR NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS  
Austin: Eakin Press, 1985. Reprint. 277 pages. Hardcover. 0890155259 0-89015-525-9. A facsimile reprint of Sarah Powell's 1852 English translation of Sealsfield's 1841 German original text which was a novel of life in Texas in the 1830s and helped create the Texas mythos in Germany. Published by Eakin & the German-Texan Heritage Society.
Fine/Fine. A new copy. # 17747. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stewart, John H.   AN ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN POETRY  
No Place: by the author,. Hardcover. Collection of poetry, including a section of Negro Poetry. Privately produced and printed on heavy deckle edge paper, typewriter print. In brown leatherette, scarce.
Near Fine/No Jacket. # A8614. $23.75     Inquire Now  
Waugh, Julia Nott.   THE SILVER CRADLE  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1955. 1st ed. 160 pages. Hardcover. A look at the traditions, customs, habits and problems of the Mexican people in San Antonio. A nice copy.
Fine/Near Fine. Dj p/c else Fine. # A8783. $7.50     Inquire Now  
Wilbert, Hulda Cline.   KERNELS OF KORN: THE HISTORICAL EVENTS OF A PIONEER FAMILY  
Burnet: Eakin Press, 1982. 139 pages. Hardcover. History of a German immigrant family who came to Texas in 1845. B/w photos. Genealogies and some of the families include Korn, CLine, Pingenot, Beck, Hey, Heinrich and others. Indexed.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Slight foxing on inside dj flaps and endpapers, else very nice. # B0440. $30.00     Inquire Now  
Zucker, A.E. (ed.).   FORTY-EIGHTERS: POLITICAL REFUGEES OF THE GERMAN REVOLUTION OF 1848  
New York: Columbia University, 1950. 1st ed. 379 pages. Hardcover. History of displaced Germans who came to America, problems they faced culturally, their involvemnt in politics here and action in the American Civil War. Biographical sketches of over 200 people.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. X-Lib, but very nice. 1950 Columbia University original. # B0454. $52.00     Inquire Now  

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