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The French in Texas : History, Migration, Culture.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Focus on American History SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292797802
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The French in TexasLOC classification:
  • F395
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION, by François Lagarde -- 1. THE WRECK OF SHIPS AND DREAMS: A New Look at the Explorer La Salle, by Robert S. Weddle -- 2. EXPLORING THE TEXAS COAST: Bellisle, Béranger, and La Harpe, 1719-1721, by Robert S. Weddle and Patricia R. Lemée -- 3. AMBIVALENT SUCCESSES AND SUCCESSFUL FAILURES: St. Denis, Aguayo, and Juan Rodríguez, by Patricia R. Lemée -- 4. ATHANASE DE MÉZIÈRES AND THE FRENCH IN TEXAS, 1750 -1803, by F. Todd Smith -- 5. FRENCH PIRATES AND PRIVATEERS IN TEXAS, by R. Dale Olson -- 6. CHAMP D'ASILE, TEXAS, by Betje Black Klier -- 7. HEROES, VILLAINS, MERCHANTS, AND PRIESTS: The Alamo's Frenchmen, by Betje Black Klier -- 8. DIPLOMACY, COMMERCE, AND COLONIZATION: Saligny and the Republic of Texas, by François Lagarde -- 9. GROUNDS FOR EMIGRATION: Alsace at the Time of Henri Castro, by Janine Erny -- 10. HENRI CASTRO AND CASTROVILLE: Alsatian History and Heritage, by Wayne M. Ahr -- 11. FRENCH CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN TEXAS, 1840-1880: Propagation and Enterprise, by François Lagarde -- 12. BIRTH, STOCK, AND WORK French Immigration in Texas, by François Lagarde -- 13. FRENCH ARTISTS IN TEXAS, by Martha Utterback -- 14. EUGÉNIE LAVENDER, NÉE AUBANEL A Romantic on the Frontier, by Martha Utterback -- 15. BUILDING UTOPIA IN THE PROMISED LAND Icarians and Fourierists in Texas, by Jonathan Beecher -- 16. IS THERE FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN TEXAS? by Richard Cleary -- 17. THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE FRENCH IN TEXAS EDUCATION, by Ann Marie Caldwell -- 18. FRENCH TRAVELERS IN TEXAS Identity, Myth, and Meaning from Joutel to Butor, by Alexandra K. Wettlaufer -- 19. "GRAND TEXAS" The Cajun Migration to Texas, by Carl A. Brasseaux -- 20. RAOUL JOSSET AND THE 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL, by François Lagarde -- 21. GLOBAL CULTURE French Economic Presence in Texas, Summer 2001, by François Lagarde -- EPILOGUE, by François Lagarde.
Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION, by François Lagarde -- 1. THE WRECK OF SHIPS AND DREAMS: A New Look at the Explorer La Salle, by Robert S. Weddle -- 2. EXPLORING THE TEXAS COAST: Bellisle, Béranger, and La Harpe, 1719-1721, by Robert S. Weddle and Patricia R. Lemée -- 3. AMBIVALENT SUCCESSES AND SUCCESSFUL FAILURES: St. Denis, Aguayo, and Juan Rodríguez, by Patricia R. Lemée -- 4. ATHANASE DE MÉZIÈRES AND THE FRENCH IN TEXAS, 1750 -1803, by F. Todd Smith -- 5. FRENCH PIRATES AND PRIVATEERS IN TEXAS, by R. Dale Olson -- 6. CHAMP D'ASILE, TEXAS, by Betje Black Klier -- 7. HEROES, VILLAINS, MERCHANTS, AND PRIESTS: The Alamo's Frenchmen, by Betje Black Klier -- 8. DIPLOMACY, COMMERCE, AND COLONIZATION: Saligny and the Republic of Texas, by François Lagarde -- 9. GROUNDS FOR EMIGRATION: Alsace at the Time of Henri Castro, by Janine Erny -- 10. HENRI CASTRO AND CASTROVILLE: Alsatian History and Heritage, by Wayne M. Ahr -- 11. FRENCH CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN TEXAS, 1840-1880: Propagation and Enterprise, by François Lagarde -- 12. BIRTH, STOCK, AND WORK French Immigration in Texas, by François Lagarde -- 13. FRENCH ARTISTS IN TEXAS, by Martha Utterback -- 14. EUGÉNIE LAVENDER, NÉE AUBANEL A Romantic on the Frontier, by Martha Utterback -- 15. BUILDING UTOPIA IN THE PROMISED LAND Icarians and Fourierists in Texas, by Jonathan Beecher -- 16. IS THERE FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN TEXAS? by Richard Cleary -- 17. THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE FRENCH IN TEXAS EDUCATION, by Ann Marie Caldwell -- 18. FRENCH TRAVELERS IN TEXAS Identity, Myth, and Meaning from Joutel to Butor, by Alexandra K. Wettlaufer -- 19. "GRAND TEXAS" The Cajun Migration to Texas, by Carl A. Brasseaux -- 20. RAOUL JOSSET AND THE 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL, by François Lagarde -- 21. GLOBAL CULTURE French Economic Presence in Texas, Summer 2001, by François Lagarde -- EPILOGUE, by François Lagarde.

Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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