Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-252) and index.
Los Tejanos: Farming and Ranching in Hispanic South Texas -- Indian and Spanish Colonial Origins -- Missions and Farms on the Río San Antonio -- Ranching along the Río San Antonio -- Settlements between the Río Grande and Río Nueces -- Conflict and Decline -- The Texians: Antebellum Farmers and Stock Raisers -- Gone to Texas -- Plantations and Slavery -- Hunting and Stock Raising -- Cotton, Corn, Sugarcane, and Wheat