Texas in the Middle Eighteenth Century - Studies in Spanish Colonial, History and Administration #265784

In the middle eighteenth century Texas occupied an important position on the northeastern frontier of New Spain. D0wn to 1762 it was the buffer province between France and Spain in their contest for empire on this continent. After that date it reflected in a most interesting way the fundamental changes effected by the Louisiana cession. The keynote to the period following the transfer was reorganization.