The French in Texas : history, migration, culture / / Francois Lagarde, editor.

• Superior document: Focus on American history series
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Lagarde, Francois, 1949-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Focus on American history series.
• Physical Description: xiii, 330 p., [16] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.), col. maps.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- FRANCOIS LAGARDE -- ix 1. The Wreck of Ships and Dreams: A New Look at the Explorer La Salle -- ROBERT S. WEDDLE -- I --2. Exploring the Texas Coast: Bellisle, Beranger, and La Harpe, 1719-1721 -- ROBERT S. WEDDLE AND PATRICIA R. LEMEE -- 20 --3. Ambivalent Successes and Successful Failures: St. Denis, Aguayo, and Juan Rodriguez -- PATRICIA R. LEMEE -- 35 --4. Athanase de M6zieres and the French in Texas, 1750-1803 -- F. TODD SMITH -- 46 --5. French Pirates and Privateers in Texas -- R. DALE OLSON -- 60 --6. Champ d'Asile, Texas -- BETJE BLACK KLIER -- 79 --7. Heroes, Villains, Merchants, and Priests: The Alamo's Frenchmen -- BETJE BLACK KLIER -- 98 --8. Diplomacy, Commerce, and Colonization: Saligny and the Republic -- FRANCOIS LAGARDE -- 107 --9. Grounds for Emigration: Alsace at the Time of Henri Castro -- JANINE ERNY -- 124 --10. Henri Castro and Castroville: Alsatian History and Heritage -- WAYNE M. AHR -- I28 --11. French Catholic Missions in Texas, 1840-1880: Propagation and Enterprise -- FRANCOIS LAGARDE -- 142 --12. Birth, Stock, and Work: French Immigration in Texas -- FRANCOIS LAGARDE -- I57 --13. French Artists in Texas -- MARTHA UTTERBACK -- 178 --14. Eugenie Lavender, nee Aubanel: A Romantic on the Frontier -- MARTHA UTTERBACK -- 192 --15. Building Utopia in the Promised Land: -- Icarians and Fourierists in Texas -- JONATHAN BEECHER -- 197 --16. Is There French Architecture in Texas? -- RICHARD CLEARY -- 226 --17. The Enduring Legacy of the French in Texas Education -- ANN MARIE CALDWELL -- 240 --18. French Travelers in Texas: Identity, Myth, and Meaning from Joutel to Butor -- ALEXANDRA K. WETTLAUFER -- 255 --19. "Grand Texas": The Cajun Migration to Texas -- CARL A. BRASSEAUX -- 273 --20. Raoul Josset and the I936 Texas Centennial -- FRANCOIS LAGARDE -- 287 --21. Global Culture: French Economic Presence in Texas, Summer 2001 -- FRANCOIS LAGARDE -- 293 --Epilogue -- FRANCOIS LAGARDE -- 309 Selected Bibliography -- 313 --Contributors -- 321 --Acknowledgments -- 323 --Index -- 324.