Land! :: Irish pioneers in Mexican and revolutionary Texas /

Only successful European empresarios in mid-nineteenth-century Mexican Texas -- men authorized to bring immigrants to settle the vast spaces of Mexico's northern territories -- were Irish. On their land grants, Irish settlers founded Refugio and San Patricio and went on to take active roles in...

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1. Verfasser: Davis, Graham
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©2002.
Ausgabe:1st ed.
Schriftenreihe:Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 92.
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Zusammenfassung:Only successful European empresarios in mid-nineteenth-century Mexican Texas -- men authorized to bring immigrants to settle the vast spaces of Mexico's northern territories -- were Irish. On their land grants, Irish settlers founded Refugio and San Patricio and went on to take active roles in the economic and political development of Texas. It required a hardy spirit and strong ambition to weather the perils that accompanied these opportunities -- the long journey, shipwrecks, hostile Indians, injury and disease -- and Irish pioneers proved fit for the task. They were not seeking relief from famine or English oppression in their own country. These were vigorous, strong-willed people who possessed the monetary means to remove themselves from their insular surroundings. What they were seeking, and what they obtained, was land.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index.
ISBN:1585449962
9781585449965

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