The French in Texas : : History, Migration, Culture / / ed. by François Lagarde.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ahr, Wayne M.,; Beecher, Jonathan,; Brasseaux, Carl A.,; Caldwell, Ann Marie,; Cleary, Richard,; Erny, Janine,; Klier, Betje Black,; Lagarde, François,; Lemée, Patricia R.,; Olson, R. Dale,; Utterback, Martha,; Weddle, Robert S.,; Wettlaufer, Alexandra K.,
• HerausgeberIn: Lagarde, François,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Focus on American History Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)

The 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, François 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 Théodore and Marie Gentilz, sculptor Raoul Josset, French architecture in Texas, French travelers from Théodore 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 THE WRECK OF SHIPS AND DREAMS A New Look at the Explorer La Salle -- 2 EXPLORING THE TEXAS COAST Bellisle, Béranger, and La Harpe, 1719–1721 -- 3 AMBIVALENT SUCCESSES AND SUCCESSFUL FAILURES St. Denis, Aguayo, and Juan Rodríguez -- 4 ATHANASE DE MÉZIÈRES AND THE FRENCH IN TEXAS, 1750 –1803 -- 5 FRENCH PIRATES AND PRIVATEERS IN TEXAS -- 6 CHAMP D’ASILE, TEXAS -- 7 HEROES, VILLAINS, MERCHANTS, AND PRIESTS The Alamo’s Frenchmen -- 8 DIPLOMACY, COMMERCE, AND COLONIZATION Saligny and the Republic of Texas -- 9 GROUNDS FOR EMIGRATION Alsace at the Time of Henri Castro -- 10 HENRI CASTRO AND CASTROVILLE Alsatian History and Heritage -- 11 FRENCH CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN TEXAS, 1840–1880 Propagation and Enterprise -- 12 BIRTH, STOCK, AND WORK French Immigration in Texas -- 13 FRENCH ARTISTS IN TEXAS -- 14 EUGÉNIE LAVENDER, NÉE AUBANEL A Romantic on the Frontier -- 15 BUILDING UTOPIA IN THE PROMISED LAND Icarians and Fourierists in Texas -- 16 IS THERE FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN TEXAS? -- 17 THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE FRENCH IN TEXAS EDUCATION -- 18 FRENCH TRAVELERS IN TEXAS Identity, Myth, and Meaning from Joutel to Butor -- 19 “GRAND TEXAS” The Cajun Migration to Texas -- 20 RAOUL JOSSET AND THE 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL -- 21 GLOBAL CULTURE French Economic Presence in Texas, Summer 2001 -- Epilogue FRANÇOIS LAGARDE -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index