Walter Prescott Webb

Biographic Data

ID409714
NAMEWalter Prescott Webb
GIVEN NAMESWalter Prescott
FAMILY NAMEWebb
SIGNATUREWEBB W P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Texas
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS27
TOTAL CITATIONS8
WORKS AS AUTHOR27
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1915
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • The Great Plains, Second Edition

    Walter Prescott Webb, Andrew R GraybillBOOKGreat Plains, Second Edition2022

  • The Big Bend of Texas

    Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Public Historian1985

    Research Article| April 01 1985 The Big Bend of Texas Walter Prescott Webb Walter Prescott Webb Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1985) 7 (2): 53–60. https://doi.org/10.2307/3377602 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Walter Pr…

  • Walter Prescott Webb and the Great Plains

    George Wolfskill, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEReviews in American History1984

  • Webb to Bolton

    Walter Prescott Webb, Walter RundellARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly1971

  • History as High Adventure

    Glenn M Linden, Walter Prescott Webb et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1970

  • History as High Adventure

    Ray Allen Billington, Walter Prescott Webb et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1970

    Journal Article History as High Adventure. By Walter Prescott Webb. Edited with an introduction by E. C. Barksdale. (Austin: Jenkins Garrett Foundation, 1969. xvii + 206 pp. Notes and index. $6.95.) Get access Ray Allen Billington Ray Allen Billington Huntington Library Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 57, Issue 3, December 1970, Pages 680–681, https://doi.org/10.2307/191…

  • The Story of Colt's Revolver

    Walter Prescott Webb, William B EdwardsARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1960

  • Geographical-Historical Concepts in American History

    Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEAnnals of the Association of…1960Cited by: 2

    Paper read at Plenary Session, 56th Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, April 19, 1960, Dallas, Texas. At present Dr. Webb holds the M. D. Anderson Chair oE History at the University of Houston but he is still closely associated with the Department of History, University of Texas, where his services began in 1918. Comments on Dr. Webb's paper by three discussants follow the main address.-Editor

  • History as High Adventure

    Open AccessWalter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe American Historical Review1959

    T HIS is the seventy-second presidential address delivered before the Amer- ican Historical Association.The previous seventy-one were prepared by seventy persons.Naturally, as the game proceeds, the selection of a subject becomes increasingly difficult because the firstcomers harvested the tallest grain, leaving to us later ones the gleaning of well-mown fields.The presidents have dealt with the usefulness of history, with the facts, the fallacie…

  • The Historical Seminar

    Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1955

    Journal Article The Historical Seminar: Its Outer Shell and Its Inner Spirit Get access Walter Prescott Webb Walter Prescott Webb Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 42, Issue 1, June 1955, Pages 3–23, https://doi.org/10.2307/1898621 Published: 01 June 1955

  • The Great Frontier

    H Hale Bellot, Walter Prescott WebbBOOKThe William and Mary Quarterly1954

    This piece in *The William and Mary Quarterly* offers a critical review of Walter Prescott Webb's influential book *The Great Frontier*. H. Hale Bellot assesses Webb's thesis, which argues that the existence of a vast, exploitable frontier significantly shaped Western civilization from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Bellot focuses on chapters 1, 2, and 8, examining Webb's arguments regarding the impact of free land, the rise of capitalism, and t…

  • The Great Frontier

    Ray Allen Billington, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1953

    The Great Frontier. By Walter Prescott Webb. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952. xiii + 434 pp. Maps, bibliography, and index. $5.00.) Ray Allen Billington Ray Allen Billington Northwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 40, Issue 1, June 1953, Pages 107–108, https://doi.org/10.2307/1897546 Published: 01 June 1953

  • The Handbook of Texas

    William H Masterson, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1953

    The Handbook of Texas. 2 vols. Walter Prescott Webb, editor in chief, H. Bailey Carroll, managing editor, Llerena B. Friend, Mary Joe Carroll, and Louise Nolen, editorial assistants. (Austin: The Texas State Historical Association, 1952. Vol. I: xv + 977 pp. Vol. II: ix + 953 pp. $30.00.) Get access W. H. Masterson W. H. Masterson Rice Institute Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, …

  • The Great Frontier

    Carlton J H Hayes, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1953

  • The Handbook of Texas

    William R Hogan, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1953Cited by: 3

  • In Blood and Ink

    Walter Prescott Webb, Maury MaverickARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1940

    Journal Article In Blood and Ink. By Maury Maverick. (New York: Modern Age Books, Inc., 1939. 282 pp. $.75.) Get access Walter Prescott Webb Walter Prescott Webb University of Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 26, Issue 4, March 1940, Page 632, https://doi.org/10.2307/1896392 Published: 01 March 1940

  • Divided We Stand

    Arthur C Cole, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1938

    Journal Article Divided We Stand: The Crisis of a Frontierless Democracy. By Walter P. Webb. (New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1937. x + 239 pp. $2.50.) Get access Arthur C. Cole Arthur C. Cole Western Reserve University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 25, Issue 2, September 1938, Pages 294–295, https://doi.org/10.2307/1896531 Published: 01 September 1938

  • The Texas Rangers

    Edward Everett Dale, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1936

    The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense. By Walter Prescott Webb. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1935. xvi+583 pp. Bibliography and illustrations. $5.00.) Edward Everett Dale Edward Everett Dale University of Oklahoma Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 23, Issue 2, September 1936, Pages 288–289, https://doi.org/10.2307/1893303 Published: 01 September 1936

  • The Texas Rangers

    William C Binkley, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1936

    Texas: A Conflict of Civilizations II. Out of the Revolution III. The Rangers and the Republic IV. From Cherokee to Comanche V. The Captain Comes: John C. Hays VI. The Texas Rangers in the Mexican War VII. First Years in the Union VIII. The Bloody Years, 1858-1859 IX. The Cortinas War on the Rio Grande X. Sam Houston's Grand Plan XI. The State Police XII. McNelly and His Men in Southwest Texas XIII. McNelly and the War of Las Cuevas XIV. McNelly'…

  • The Comanche Barrier to South Plains Settlement

    Walter Prescott Webb, Rupert Norval RichardsonARTICLEThe American Historical Review1935Cited by: 1

  • The Great Plains

    Frederic L Paxson, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe American Historical Review1932Cited by: 2

  • The Great Plains

    Robert G Caldwell, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1932

    The Great Plains. By Walter Prescott Webb. (Boston: Ginn and Company, 1931. xv + 525 pp. Illustrations. $4.00.) Get access Robert G. Caldwell Robert G. Caldwell Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 18, Issue 4, March 1932, Pages 581–583, https://doi.org/10.2307/1898592 Published: 01 March 1932

  • Alkali Trails or Social and Economic Movements of the Texas Frontier, 1846-1900

    Walter Prescott Webb, William Curry HoldenARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1932

    Journal Article Alkali Trails or Social and Economic Movements of the Texas Frontier, 1846–1900. By William Curry Holden. (Dallas: The Southwest Press, 1930. ix+253 pp.) Get access Walter Prescott Webb Walter Prescott Webb University of Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 19, Issue 3, December 1932, Pages 423–424, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892772 Published: 01 December …

  • A Texas Ranger

    Walter Prescott Webb, N A Jennings et al.ARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1932

    Journal Article A Texas Banger. By N. A. Jennings with a Foreword by J. Frank Dobie. (Dallas: The Southwest Press, 1930. xv+287 pp.) Get access Walter Prescott Webb Walter Prescott Webb University of Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 19, Issue 3, December 1932, Pages 424–426, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892773 Published: 01 December 1932

  • The Great Plains

    Abebe Woldesenbet Aseffa, Walter Prescott WebbARTICLEGeographical Journal1932