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Nance, Joseph Milton was born on September 18, 1913 in Kyle, Texas, United States. Son of Jeremiah Milton and Mary Louise (Hutchison) Nance.
( It is 1842—a dramatic year in the history of Texas-Mexi...)
It is 1842—a dramatic year in the history of Texas-Mexican relations. After five years of uneasy peace, of futile negotiations, of border raids and temporary, unofficial truces, a series of military actions upsets the precarious balance between the two countries. Once more the Mexican Army marches on Texas soil; once more the frontier settlers strengthen their strongholds for defense or gather their belongings for flight. Twice San Antonio falls to Mexican generals; twice the Texans assemble armies for the invasion of Mexico. It is 1842—a year of attack and counterattack. This is the story that Joseph Milton Nance relates, with a definitiveness and immediacy which come from many years of meticulous research. The exciting story of 1842 is a story of emotions which had simmered through the long, insecure years and which now boil out in blustery threats and demands for vengeance. The Texans threaten to march beyond the Sierra Madres and raise their flag at Monterrey; the Mexicans promise to subdue this upstart Texas and to teach its treacherous inhabitants their place. With communications poor and imaginations fertile, rumors magnify chance banditry into military raids, military raids into full-scale invasions. Newspapers incite their readers with superdramatic, intoxicating accounts of the events. Texans and Mexicans alike respond with a kind of madness that has little or no method. Texas solicits volunteers, calls out troops, plans invasions, and assembles her armies, completely disregarding the fact that her treasury is practically empty—there is little money to buy guns. Meanwhile, in Mexico, where gold and silver are needed for other purposes, "invasions" of Texas are launched—but they are only brief forays more suitable for impressive publicity than for permanent gains. Still, the conflicts of threat and retaliation, so often futile, are frequently dignified by idealism, friendship, courage, and determination. Both Mexicans and Texans are fighting and dying for liberty, defending their homes against foreign invaders, establishing and maintaining friendships that cross racial and national boundaries, struggling with conflicting loyalties, and—all the while—striving to wrest a living for themselves and their families from the grudging frontier. Attack and Counterattack, continuing the account which was begun in After San Jacinto, tells from original sources the full story of Texas-Mexican relations from the time of the Santa Fe Expedition through the return of the Somervell Expedition from the Rio Grande. These books examine in great detail and with careful accuracy a period of Texas history that had not heretofore been thoroughly studied and that had seldom been given unbiased treatment. The source materials compiled in the notes and bibliography—particularly the military reports, letters, diaries, contemporary newspapers, and broadsides—will be a valuable tool for any scholar who wishes to study this or related periods.
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( The stage was set for conflict: The First Congress of t...)
The stage was set for conflict: The First Congress of the Republic of Texas had arbitrarily designated the Rio Grande as the boundary of the new nation. Yet the historic boundaries of Texas, under Spain and Mexico, had never extended beyond the Nueces River. Mexico, unwilling to acknowledge Texas independence, was even more unwilling to allow this further encroachment upon her territory. But neither country was in a strong position to substantiate claims; so the conflict developed as a war of futile threats, border raids, and counterraids. Nevertheless, men died—often heroically—and this is the first full story of their bitter struggle. Based on original sources, it is an unbiased account of Texas-Mexican relations in a crucial period.
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Nance, Joseph Milton was born on September 18, 1913 in Kyle, Texas, United States. Son of Jeremiah Milton and Mary Louise (Hutchison) Nance.
Bachelor of Arts, University Texas, 1935; Master of Arts, University Texas, 1936; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1941; certified in naval communications, Harvard University, 1944.
Texas supervisor American imprints, manuscripts and newspaper inventories, United States History Records Survey, 1938-1940; instructor history, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1941-1942, 46-47; assistant professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1947-1951; associate professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1951-1957; professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1957-1958; professor, head department history and government, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1958-1968; head department history, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1968-1973; professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1973-1978; professor emeritis, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1978-1997. Instructor United States Naval Training School, College Station, 1942-1943. Visiting professor of history Southwest Texas State College, San Marcos, summers 1956, 58.
( The stage was set for conflict: The First Congress of t...)
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( It is 1842—a dramatic year in the history of Texas-Mexi...)
Member Hood's Brigade-Bryan Centennial Committee, 1960-1962. Panel participant Texas Legislation Assembly, 1967. Member Annual Faculty seminar Standard Oil Corporation California, summer 1959, Brazos County History Commission, Texas, 1972-1997.
Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow Texas State History Association (executive council), East History Association, East Texas History Association (director 1980-1983). Member Texas Institute Letters, American History Association, Southern History Association, W. Texas History Association (executive council, book review editor 1975-1981, vice president 1978-1981, president 1981-1982), Organization American Historians, Western History Association, American Heritage Society, American Studies Association Texas (president 1969), Southwestern Social Science Association, Central Texas Area Writers Conference, National Geography Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta.
Son of Jeremiah Milton and Mary Louise (Hutchison) N. M. Eleanor Glenn Hanover, March 19, 1944. Children: Jeremiah Milton, Joseph Hanover, James Clifton.