OUTLINE

THE REVOLUTION IN RETROSPECT

I. Interpretations of the Texas Revolution

A. romantic/patriotic interpretation

1. sources?

2. pros and cons

B. slave power conspiracy interpretation

1. Benjamin Lundy

2. pros and cons

C. Manifest Destiny/frontier interpretation

1. roots of Manifest Destiny

2. the Frontier Thesis

a) Frederick Jackson Turner

b) George P. Garrison

c) Eugene C. Barker

3. pros and cons

D. clash of cultures interpretation

1. Barker

2. Samuel Lowrie

3. pros and cons

E. constitutional conflict interpretation

1. pros and cons

F. Mexican nationalist interpretation

1. Josefina Vázquez

2. pros and cons

II. Changing interpretations and the nature of historiographical inquiry (discussion)