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THE FRENCH IN TEXAS
HISTORY, MIGRATION, CULTURE |
| By: |
Francois Lagarde (Editor), Don Carleton |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£37.00 |
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£31.45 |
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| ISBN 10: |
029270528X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780292705289 |
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| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2003 |
| Series: |
Focus on American History Series |
| Pages: |
360 |
| Description: |
Explores the French presence and influence on Texas history, arts, education, religion, and business. This book covers various figures or events in the France-Texas story. It also deals with French immigration in Texas, including the founding of Castroville, Cajuns in Texas, and the French economic presence in Texas. |
| Synopsis: |
Winner, San Antonio Conservation Society Citation, 2005The flag of France is one of the six flags that have flown over Texas, but all that many people know about the French presence in Texas is the ill-fated explorer Cavelier de La Salle, fabled pirate Jean Laffite, or Cajun music and food. Yet the French have made lasting contributions to Texas history and culture that deserve to be widely known and appreciated. In this book, Francois Lagarde 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). The remaining articles look at painters Theodore and Marie Gentilz, sculptor Raoul Josset, French architecture in Texas, French travelers from Theodore Pavie to Simone de Beauvoir who have written on Texas, and the French heritage in Texas education. More than seventy color and black-and-white illustrations complement the text. |
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14 color and 61 b&w illus., 7 tables |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Texas Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of San Antonio Conservation Society Citation 2005 (United States) |
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