Texas: Crossroads of North America - Paperback

Young, Nancy Beck: - Nancy Beck Young is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Houston. She has held year-long residential fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. and at the Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. Young's scholarship mixes general evaluations of national politics with specific studies of Texans on the national stage.Tyler, Ron: - Ron Tyler is the retired director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. He also served as Professor of History and Director of the Center for Studies in Texas History and the Texas State Historical Association at The University of Texas at Austin. He has written or edited more than twenty books in the fields of Texas history and American, Western American, and Mexican art and history.De La Teja, Jesus F.: - Jesus F. de la Teja is Jerome and Catherine Supple Professor of Southwestern Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of the Southwest, and Regents' Professor of History at Texas State University. A past president of the Texas State Historical Association, he was also the inaugural State Historian of Texas. He is the award-winning author and editor of numerous works on Spanish, Mexican, and Republic-era Texas.