{"product_id":"searching-for-the-republic-of-the-rio-grande-northern-mexico-and-texas-1838-1840-9781682831267","title":"Searching for the Republic of the Rio Grande: Northern Mexico and Texas, 1838-1840","description":"In 1838, a rebellion began in northern Mexico. A loose collective sought to establish a \"Republic of the Rio Grande\" the rebellion lasted two years, failed, and was then forgotten by history. \u003cp\u003eThis regional effort to establish an independent republic achieved some fleeting victories, although they were flanked by triumphs of the Supreme Government. Initially fed by a desire to defend the federalist system against a consolidated and unsupportive central government, zealous leaders such as Antonio Zavala and Antonio Canales led the popular uprising. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the skirmishes continued, these \u003ci\u003enorteamericanos\u003c\/i\u003e resorted to increasingly desperate measures, including soliciting aid from the newfound Republic of Texas, which supplied covert support for the rebel cause in the form of manpower, funding, and supplies. When the chastened Anglo Texans finally fled back to their homeland with the tacit compliance of the government of the Republic of Mexico, the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas became entirely free of the \u003ci\u003enorteamericanos\u003c\/i\u003e, who faced almost unanimous hatred in Mexico by the time of their departure. Leaders from both Mexican factions in the civil conflict then sought peace and partnership against the threatened aggrandizement of the Republic of Texas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn that regard, this inconclusive regional revolt had many precursive elements to the aggression of the United States that resulted in war against Mexico from 1845 to 1848, fulfilling the imperial dreams previously uttered by Anglo Texans during this federalist revolt of 1838-1840. \u003ci\u003eSearching for the Republic of the Rio Grande\u003c\/i\u003e reads the smoke that would soon fan into the flames of open war against the Mexican Republic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLack, Paul D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePaul D. Lack\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Revolutionary Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, was a professor at McMurry University until 2002, when he began working as the executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Stevenson University, where he was awarded the President's Medal in 2015. He retired in 2016. He is a longtime member of the Texas State Historical Association and has been on the advisory board for the \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Texas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Tech University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495430197522,"sku":"9781682831267","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ee5b64c5-a2c1-46a6-9a8f-fdb40b24a039.jpg?v=1730684124","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/searching-for-the-republic-of-the-rio-grande-northern-mexico-and-texas-1838-1840-9781682831267","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}