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Lone Star Vistas: Travel Writing on Texas, 1821-1861 by Astrid Haas (English) Ha
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- ISBN-13
- 9781477322604
- Book Title
- Lone Star Vistas
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- 9781477322604
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
1477322604
ISBN-13
9781477322604
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27050378291
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Lone Star Vistas : Travel Writing on Texas, 1821-1861
Publication Year
2021
Subject
United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2020-034107
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Haas's well-written treatment of this diverse collection of travelogues highlights the deeply held racist attitudes of Anglo-American and European visitors and settlers toward the Native American and mixed-blood Hispanic peoples they encountered in Texas, as well as their almost unanimous tolerance of Black slavery, which structurally embedded deep divisions into the future. Fortunately, this volume provides yet more well-documented evidence refuting current political discourses in Texas and across the United States condemning critical race studies as an unfounded creation of the academy., [A] cogent and detailed examination of travel narratives about Texas from Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821 to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861...Haas's meticulous research and broad net gives her work authority and relevance. Scholars interested in Texas history and the early narrative construction of the state will find Lone Star Vistas a must-read., The different travelogues that Haas analyses offer a glimpse at the evolution of opinions about the many parts of Texas by contemporaries as German and Anglo American settlers began populating the area...The manuscript itself offers scholars of this period a thoroughly-detailed road map for further research into the literature and lives of lesser-known figures of early Texas., As Texas became a destination for large-scale immigration in the wake of Mexico's independence from Spain, many learned of the region through published travelogues, emigrant guides, and scientific reports. Lone Star Vistas is the first comparative study of transnational travel writing on Texas, analyzing 40 years of work from the three major settler populations: Anglo-American, Mexican, and German. Haas explores how these vivid accounts shaped public knowledge and created the very idea of Texas.
Dewey Decimal
917.64/05
Table Of Content
Introduction Part I. Military-Scientific Exploration Introduction to Part I Chapter 1. Assessing El Norte: Mexican Government Expedition Accounts Chapter 2. Charting the Land: Reports of Anglo-American Explorations of Texas Part II. Colonization and Settlement Introduction to Part II Chapter 3. A Place for Southerners: Travelogues and Anglo-American Colonization Chapter 4. America's Italy: Journey Narratives Promoting German Settlement Chapter 5. Newcomers' Plight: Travel Accounts Warning against German Migration Part III. Professional Journeys Introduction to Part III Chapter 6. Missionary Messages: Narratives of Itinerant Religious Labor Chapter 7. Reporting from the Regiment: Journey Accounts of US Army Officers' Wives Chapter 8. Professional Pens: Anglo-American Travel Journalism of Texas Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index
Synopsis
In the early and mid-nineteenth century, travelers from Mexico, Germany, and the United States wrote vivid accounts of their experiences in Texas, helping to craft a lasting yet contested identity for the territory., 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 (1821) and the beginning of the US Civil War, Astrid Haas explores accounts by Anglo-American, Mexican, and German authors--members of the region's three major settler populations--who recorded their journeys through Texas. They were missionaries, scientists, journalists, emigrants, emigration agents, and military officers and their spouses. They all contributed to the public image of Texas and to debates about the future of the region during a time of political and social transformation. Drawing on sources and scholarship in English, Spanish, and German, Lone Star Vistas is the first comparative study of transnational travel writing on Texas. Haas illuminates continuities and differences across the global encounter with Texas, while also highlighting how individual writers' particular backgrounds affected their views on nature, white settlement, military engagement, Indigenous resistance, African American slavery, and Christian mission.
LC Classification Number
F386.H275 2021
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