03683nam a2200409 a 4500 ebr10194793 CaPaEBR m o u cr cn||||||||| 140724s2003 txuabf sb s001 0 eng 2002008289 0292747349 (alk. paper) 029270528X (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)60334020 n-us-tx F395.F8 F74 2003eb 976.4/00441 21 The French in Texas [electronic resource] : history, migration, culture / Fran�cois Lagarde, editor. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2003. xiii, 330 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps. Focus on American history series Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-320) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. French Americans Texas History. French Americans Migrations. French Americans Texas Intellectual life. Texas History. Texas Civilization. Electronic books. local Lagarde, Fran�cois, 1949- ebrary, Inc. Focus on American history series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10194793 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 220641 220641