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==Works==

==Works==

Barr's primary research focus on the history of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the American South, and African Americans. His publications include ''Polignac's Texas Brigade'' (published while he was still in graduate school in 1964, second edition, 1998),<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6smKD4cv3hYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alwyn+barr&source=bl&ots=Zzv_r6IY3s&sig=IR-4hePTdi-B66rEuQbjWTH5gt4&hl=en&ei=Mwy5TO6UNsX6lwft_Im9DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Polignac's Texas Brigade|date=March 1, 1998|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|ISBN=978-0-89096-814-7|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> a study of Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac (1832-1913) and the Texan soldiers who fought in 1864 in the [[Battle of Mansfield]] south of [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]], a victory for the Confederacy. A monument to the Texan soldiers was dedicated at the site on the centennial of the Civil War battle in April 1964. His first major monograph is the 1971 ''Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics, 1876-1906'' (later in a second edition, 2000). <ref>Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics, 1876–1906. By Alwyn Barr. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1971. xiv + 315 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $8.50.) | Journal of American History | Oxford Academic.</ref> Next came the first edition (1973) of ''Black Texans: A History of African-Americans in Texas, 1528-1971'' which he later updated with a new preface, new chapter on 1970-1995, and new index (University of Oklahoma Press, 1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/?q=contributor/barr-alwyn|title=Alwyn Barr|publisher=blackpast.org|date=2009, no longer accessible on-line.</ref>

Barr's primary research focus on the history of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the American South, and African Americans. His publications include ''Polignac's Texas Brigade'' (published while he was still in graduate school in 1964, second edition, 1998),<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=6smKD4cv3hYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alwyn+barr&source=bl&ots=Zzv_r6IY3s&sig=IR-4hePTdi-B66rEuQbjWTH5gt4&hl=en&ei=Mwy5TO6UNsX6lwft_Im9DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Polignac's Texas Brigade|date=March 1, 1998|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|ISBN=978-0-89096-814-7|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> a study of Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac (1832-1913) and the Texan soldiers who fought in 1864 in the [[Battle of Mansfield]] south of [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]], a victory for the Confederacy. A monument to the Texan soldiers was dedicated at the site on the centennial of the Civil War battle in April 1964. His first major monograph is the 1971 ''Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics, 1876-1906'' (later in a second edition, 2000). <ref>Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics, 1876–1906. By Alwyn Barr. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1971. xiv + 315 pp. Maps, illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $8.50.) | Journal of American History | Oxford Academic.</ref> Next came the first edition (1973) of ''Black Texans: A History of African-Americans in Texas, 1528-1971'' which he later updated with a new preface, new chapter on 1970-1995, and new index (University of Oklahoma Press, 1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/?q=contributor/barr-alwyn|title=Alwyn Barr|publisher=blackpast.org|date=2009, no longer accessible on-line.}}</ref>

Another Barr work is ''The African Texans'' (2004), which describes the experience of free blacks and [[slaves]] prior to the Civil War and concludes with late 20th-century political developments.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z-KtTIhDwNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Barr's+The+African+Texans&source=bl&ots=6NYkFDN0WP&sig=uCtvYGGXsgsjK1GJyU8PsXBpLGo&hl=en&ei=Ow25TISxOcWqlAfQ-bjHDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The African Texans|date=February 19, 2004|publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=978-1-58544-321-5 |accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>  In 1981, Barr and [[Robert A. Calvert]], late historian at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] co-edited ''Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tsusm/00012/tsu-00012.html|title=A Guide to the Robert Calvert Papers, 1970-1995|publisher=Texas Archival Resources Online|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>  In 2000, Barr wrote the introduction to ''Black Cowboys of Texas,'' edited by Sara R. Massey.

Another Barr work is ''The African Texans'' (2004), which describes the experience of free blacks and [[slaves]] prior to the Civil War and concludes with late 20th-century political developments.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Z-KtTIhDwNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Barr's+The+African+Texans&source=bl&ots=6NYkFDN0WP&sig=uCtvYGGXsgsjK1GJyU8PsXBpLGo&hl=en&ei=Ow25TISxOcWqlAfQ-bjHDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The African Texans|date=February 19, 2004|publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=978-1-58544-321-5 |accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>  In 1981, Barr and [[Robert A. Calvert]], late historian at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]] co-edited ''Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tsusm/00012/tsu-00012.html|title=A Guide to the Robert Calvert Papers, 1970-1995|publisher=Texas Archival Resources Online|accessdate=October 15, 2010}}</ref>  In 2000, Barr wrote the introduction to ''Black Cowboys of Texas,'' edited by Sara R. Massey.