The French in Texas
Subtitle: History, Migration, Culture (Focus on American History Series,Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: April 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780292705289
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: from c 1900 -; Ethnic studies; Social Science; History - U.S.; Sociology; Emigration & Immigration; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / State & Local; Sociology - General; French Americans; History; Intellectual life; Migrations; Texas
Description: In this book, the editor and thirteen other experts present original articles that explore the French presence and influence on Texas history, arts, education, religion, and business from the arrival of La Salle in 1685 to 2002. Each article covers an important figure or event in the France-Texas story. The historical articles thoroughly investigate early French colonists and explorers, the French pirates and privateers, the Bonapartists of Champ-d'Asile, the French at the Alamo, Dubois de Saligny and French recognition of the Republic of Texas, the nineteenth-century utopists of Icaria and Reunion, and the French Catholic missions. Other articles deal with French immigration in Texas, including the founding of Castroville, Cajuns in Texas, and the French economic presence in Texas today (the first such study ever published).