Lone Star Vistas : : Travel Writing on Texas, 1821-1861 / / Astrid Haas.
Every place is a product of the stories we tell about it—stories that do not merely describe but in fact shape geographic, social, and cultural spaces. Lone Star Vistas analyzes travelogues that created the idea of Texas. Focusing on the forty-year period between Mexico’s independence from Spain (18...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2022] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Military-Scientific Exploration
- Introduction to Part I
- One Assessing El Norte
- Two Charting the Land
- Part II. Colonization and Settlement
- Introduction to Part II
- Three A Place for Southerners
- Four America’s Italy
- Five Newcomers’ Plight
- Part III. Professional Journeys
- Introduction to Part III
- Six Missionary Messages
- Seven Reporting from the Regiment
- Eight Professional Pens
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index