300 Years of San Antonio and Bexar County

“Beautiful book…great illustrations…comprehensive.” ― Texas Public Radio

“In its more than 250 pages, the book weaves together the voices of 45 contributors from San Antonio’s various communities and organizations, representing the ethnic and historical makeup of the city and its many viewpoints.” ― Rivard Report

“The book engages 46 historians, creative writers and local organizations to tell stories.”― KSAT-TV

Char Miller, formerly a professor of history at Trinity University, is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College. He is the author of the award-winning Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism, Deep in the Heart of San Antonio: Land and Life in South Texas, and Public Lands/Public Debates: A Century of Controversy, as well as the editor of On the Border: An Environmental History of San Antonio and Fifty Years of the Texas Observer. His most recent books for Trinity University Press are Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream and On the Edge: Water, Immigration, and Politics in the Southwest. Miller is a frequent contributor to print, electronic, and social media.

Félix D. Almaráz Jr., Professor of History at UTSA, received a B.A. and an M.A. from St. Mary’s University and a Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Almaraz’s teaching and research reflects an engagement with processes within Hispanic communities. His main teaching areas include: The Spanish Borderlands, Texas, Colonial Latin America, Imperial and Modern Spain. In publications such as Knight Without Armor: Carlos E. Castañeda, A Biography of a Mexican-American Historian, 1896-1958, Dr. Almaraz examines the lives and contributions of transnational historical figures. His most recent and significant grants include a 1994 President’s Distinguished Achievement Award, an Excellence in Research award in 1988, and a Senior Fulbright Lectureship in the Republic of Argentina.