Author: Larry Emil ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Examines the accomplishments of Swedes in Texas, looking at the ways in which they adapted their customs to life in the New World.
The Swedish Texans
Author: Larry Emil ScottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Examines the accomplishments of Swedes in Texas, looking at the ways in which they adapted their customs to life in the New World.
The European Texans
Author: Allan O. KownslarPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585443529
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Discusses the experiences of European immigrants in Texas, and examines their social and cultural contributions to the Lone Star State. Includes illustrations, biographical sketches, recipes, and excerpts from personal letters.
Swedish-American Landmarks
Author: Alan H. WinquistPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Swedish-American Landmarks is state-by-state survey of historical sites that documents the influx to the United States of more than 1.3 million Swedish immigrants. Most of them arrived in the fifty years between the end of the U.S. Civil War and the beginning of World War I.
Made In Texas
Author: Michael LindPublisher:
ISBN: 0786728299
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Everyone knows that President George W. Bush is from Texas. But few of us know the role his home state plays in his presidency, and in our country. In this dual biography of man and state, Michael Lind confronts the chief crises of Bush's presidency--the economy, the Middle East, and religious fundamentalism--and traces their roots back to Texas, a state, Lind argues, that yields salient clues to the future course of our country.Widely praised as an iconoclastic and brilliant political observer, Lind, a fifth generation Texan, chronicles the ethnic clash that produced modern Texas, the well-known plundering of the state's natural resources at the hands of its elites, and finally the deep strain of "Old Testament religiosity" which, having originated in Texas, now reaches all over the globe in the form of Bush's foreign policy.In the tradition of Gary Wills's Reagan's America, Made in Texas provides a wholly original cultural history that should change the way we understand not just our president, but our country.
The Antislavery Debate
Author: John AshworthPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520077792
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
"The marrow of the most important historiographical controversy since the 1970s."—Michael Johnson, University of California, Irvine "A debate of intellectual significance and power. The implications of these essays extend far beyond antislavery, important as that subject undoubtedly is. This will be of major importance to students of historical method as well as the history of ideas and reform movements."—Carl N. Degler, Stanford University
Galveston's the Elissa
Author: Kurt D. VossPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738578552
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
For nearly three decades, the 1877 sailing ship Elissa has been widely recognized as one of the finest maritime preservation projects in the world. Unlike some tall ships of today, the Elissa is not a replica but a survivor. Over her century-long commercial history, she carried cargoes to ports around the world for a succession of owners. Her working life as a freighter came to an end in Piraeus, Greece, where she was rescued from the salvage yard by a variety of ship preservationists who refused to let her die. The story of Elissa's discovery and restoration by the Galveston Historical Foundation is nothing short of miraculous.
A History of Texas and Texans
Author: Frank White JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
People of Texas
Author: Mary Dodson WadePublisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781432911614
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Discusses where the many people in Texas live, what cultural groups have influenced the state of Texas, and some important people who call Texas their home.
Texans One and All
Author: John L. DavisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780867010749
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Offers a comprehensive overview of the different cultures that have influenced Texas culture and developments.
The Texas Cookbook
Author: Mary Faulk KoockPublisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574411365
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
An informal view of dining and entertaining the Texas way.