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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction ix
- 1 THE WRECK OF SHIPS AND DREAMS A New Look at the Explorer La Salle 1
- 2 EXPLORING THE TEXAS COAST Bellisle, Béranger, and La Harpe, 1719–1721 20
- 3 AMBIVALENT SUCCESSES AND SUCCESSFUL FAILURES St. Denis, Aguayo, and Juan Rodríguez 35
- 4 ATHANASE DE MÉZIÈRES AND THE FRENCH IN TEXAS, 1750 –1803 46
- 5 FRENCH PIRATES AND PRIVATEERS IN TEXAS 60
- 6 CHAMP D’ASILE, TEXAS 79
- 7 HEROES, VILLAINS, MERCHANTS, AND PRIESTS The Alamo’s Frenchmen 98
- 8 DIPLOMACY, COMMERCE, AND COLONIZATION Saligny and the Republic of Texas 107
- 9 GROUNDS FOR EMIGRATION Alsace at the Time of Henri Castro 124
- 10 HENRI CASTRO AND CASTROVILLE Alsatian History and Heritage 128
- 11 FRENCH CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN TEXAS, 1840–1880 Propagation and Enterprise 142
- 12 BIRTH, STOCK, AND WORK French Immigration in Texas 157
- 13 FRENCH ARTISTS IN TEXAS 178
- 14 EUGÉNIE LAVENDER, NÉE AUBANEL A Romantic on the Frontier 192
- 15 BUILDING UTOPIA IN THE PROMISED LAND Icarians and Fourierists in Texas 197
- 16 IS THERE FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN TEXAS? 226
- 17 THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE FRENCH IN TEXAS EDUCATION 240
- 18 FRENCH TRAVELERS IN TEXAS Identity, Myth, and Meaning from Joutel to Butor 255
- 19 “GRAND TEXAS” The Cajun Migration to Texas 273
- 20 RAOUL JOSSET AND THE 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL 287
- 21 GLOBAL CULTURE French Economic Presence in Texas, Summer 2001 293
- Epilogue FRANÇOIS LAGARDE 309
- Selected Bibliography 313
- Contributors 321
- Acknowledgments 323
- Index 324
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction ix
- 1 THE WRECK OF SHIPS AND DREAMS A New Look at the Explorer La Salle 1
- 2 EXPLORING THE TEXAS COAST Bellisle, Béranger, and La Harpe, 1719–1721 20
- 3 AMBIVALENT SUCCESSES AND SUCCESSFUL FAILURES St. Denis, Aguayo, and Juan Rodríguez 35
- 4 ATHANASE DE MÉZIÈRES AND THE FRENCH IN TEXAS, 1750 –1803 46
- 5 FRENCH PIRATES AND PRIVATEERS IN TEXAS 60
- 6 CHAMP D’ASILE, TEXAS 79
- 7 HEROES, VILLAINS, MERCHANTS, AND PRIESTS The Alamo’s Frenchmen 98
- 8 DIPLOMACY, COMMERCE, AND COLONIZATION Saligny and the Republic of Texas 107
- 9 GROUNDS FOR EMIGRATION Alsace at the Time of Henri Castro 124
- 10 HENRI CASTRO AND CASTROVILLE Alsatian History and Heritage 128
- 11 FRENCH CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN TEXAS, 1840–1880 Propagation and Enterprise 142
- 12 BIRTH, STOCK, AND WORK French Immigration in Texas 157
- 13 FRENCH ARTISTS IN TEXAS 178
- 14 EUGÉNIE LAVENDER, NÉE AUBANEL A Romantic on the Frontier 192
- 15 BUILDING UTOPIA IN THE PROMISED LAND Icarians and Fourierists in Texas 197
- 16 IS THERE FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN TEXAS? 226
- 17 THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE FRENCH IN TEXAS EDUCATION 240
- 18 FRENCH TRAVELERS IN TEXAS Identity, Myth, and Meaning from Joutel to Butor 255
- 19 “GRAND TEXAS” The Cajun Migration to Texas 273
- 20 RAOUL JOSSET AND THE 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL 287
- 21 GLOBAL CULTURE French Economic Presence in Texas, Summer 2001 293
- Epilogue FRANÇOIS LAGARDE 309
- Selected Bibliography 313
- Contributors 321
- Acknowledgments 323
- Index 324
