About the Author

Sam W. Haynes is a professor of history and director of the Center for Greater Southwestern Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. His most recent book is Unfinished Revolution: The Early American Republic in a British World.

Gerald D. Saxon is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. His most recent book, which he coauthored, is Historic Texas from the Air.

Reviews

"A valuable addition to the historiography of the Texas Revolution." -- The Chronicles of Oklahoma--The Chronicles of Oklahoma (11/29/2016)

"The essays contained in Contested Empire effectively place the Texas Revolution into the broader contexts of early American and Mexican histories. The result is a fascinating, novel approach that adds yet another layer of depth to the understanding of this important conflict. As such, this volume will likely appeal to a broader audience of American and Mexican historians than is usually reached by works of Texana"--The Journal of Southern History
-- (01/25/2017)

"These essays, taken together, deliver a fresh assessment of the events of 1835-36"--Great Plains Quarterly
--Great Plains Quarterly

"Those who attended the Walter Prescott Webb Lectures at the University of Texas at Arlington in 2013 were treated to a genuine intellectual feast, and those who read the revised and polished versions of those lectures in Contested Empire will reap an even richer reward. Through their varied transnational perspectives, these innovative scholars from three nations (or four, if one counts Texas) bring new meaning, resonance, and indeed brilliance to the historiography of the Texas Revolution."--James E. Crisp-- (05/19/2015)