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- catalog abstract ""An exhibition at the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, November 16, 1985-March 14, 1986." "On March 6, 1836, the 183-man garrison of the fortress Alamo, in San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, was overwhelmed and slaughtered by a vastly superior force of Mexican troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Although in a military sense the battle was of little significance, it nevertheless became a symbolic rallying point for the Texan revolutionaries. It provided a battle cry that has become world famous- "Remember the Alamo!"--Introduction. This DeGolyer Library major exhibition attempts to explore the development of the Alamo myth itself and to suggest what that myth may reflect about the American character. This investigation has revealed much that is confusing and contradictory. The Alamo's defense certainly was heroic and has thus served well as a standard for subsequent American warriors, but this battle suggests a darker side to the American character as well. The Texas revolution deepened the split between North and South over the expansion of slavery into the Southwest and West. To many of its contemporaries, such as abolitionist leader Benjamin Lundy, the Texas revolution suggested not a fight for freedom but he aggressive expansion of slavery. The link between the Alamo and slavery may or may not be historically tenuous- and in the popular legend it is nonexistent- but the broader question of racism in the development of the Alamo myth should not be casually dismissed. The exhibit explores this theme, specifically in respect to the myth's treatment of Tejanos, or Mexican Texans. -- from Foreword.".
- catalog contributor b1740002.
- catalog contributor b1740003.
- catalog contributor b1740004.
- catalog coverage "Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) History Exhibitions.".
- catalog coverage "Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) Political aspects Exhibitions.".
- catalog coverage "Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) Siege, 1836 Exhibitions.".
- catalog created "1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1985.".
- catalog description ""An exhibition at the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, November 16, 1985-March 14, 1986."".
- catalog description ""On March 6, 1836, the 183-man garrison of the fortress Alamo, in San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, was overwhelmed and slaughtered by a vastly superior force of Mexican troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Although in a military sense the battle was of little significance, it nevertheless became a symbolic rallying point for the Texan revolutionaries. It provided a battle cry that has become world famous- "Remember the Alamo!"--Introduction.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 190-210.".
- catalog description "Search for the Alamo -- "Victory or death" -- Heroes forgotten and familiar -- Memory and mirage.".
- catalog description "This DeGolyer Library major exhibition attempts to explore the development of the Alamo myth itself and to suggest what that myth may reflect about the American character. This investigation has revealed much that is confusing and contradictory. The Alamo's defense certainly was heroic and has thus served well as a standard for subsequent American warriors, but this battle suggests a darker side to the American character as well. The Texas revolution deepened the split between North and South over the expansion of slavery into the Southwest and West. To many of its contemporaries, such as abolitionist leader Benjamin Lundy, the Texas revolution suggested not a fight for freedom but he aggressive expansion of slavery. The link between the Alamo and slavery may or may not be historically tenuous- and in the popular legend it is nonexistent- but the broader question of racism in the development of the Alamo myth should not be casually dismissed. The exhibit explores this theme, specifically in respect to the myth's treatment of Tejanos, or Mexican Texans. -- from Foreword.".
- catalog extent "xii, 223 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Alamo images.".
- catalog identifier "0870742132 (pbk. : alk. paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Alamo images.".
- catalog isPartOf "DeGolyer Library publication series ; v. 3".
- catalog isPartOf "The DeGolyer Library publications series ; v. 3".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dallas, Tex. : DeGolyer Library and Southern Methodist University Press,".
- catalog relation "Alamo images.".
- catalog spatial "Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) History Exhibitions.".
- catalog spatial "Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) Political aspects Exhibitions.".
- catalog spatial "Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) Siege, 1836 Exhibitions.".
- catalog spatial "Texas San Antonio".
- catalog subject "F390 .S36 1985".
- catalog subject "Illustrated books Texas San Antonio History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Search for the Alamo -- "Victory or death" -- Heroes forgotten and familiar -- Memory and mirage.".
- catalog title "Alamo images : changing perceptions of a Texas experience / by Susan Prendergast Schoelwer, with Tom W. Gläser ; foreword by Clifton H. Jones ; introduction by Paul Andrew Hutton.".
- catalog type "text".