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German Seed in Texas Soil : Immigrant Farmers in Nineteenth-Century Texas / Terry G. Jordan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Texas ClassicsPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1966Description: 1 online resource (261 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292759800
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.7/6/09764
LOC classification:
  • F395.G3
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Dedication -- Preface to the Fourth Paperback Printing -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Figures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nineteenth-Century Southern Agriculture and Its Expansion into Texas -- 3. Nineteenth-Century German Farmers and Their Emigration to Texas -- 4. Germans in the Cotton Kingdom: The Eastern End of the German Belt, 1831-1885 -- 5. Germans on the Rim of the Desert: The Western End of the German Belt, 1844-1885 -- 6. Conclusion: The Importance of Cultural Heritage in the Agricultural Systems of the Immigrant Groups -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Terry Jordan explores how German immigrants in the nineteenth century influenced and were influenced by the agricultural life in the areas of Texas where they settled. His findings both support the notion of ethnic distinctiveness and reveal the extent to which German Texans adopted the farming techniques of their Southern Anglo neighbors.
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Frontmatter -- Dedication -- Preface to the Fourth Paperback Printing -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Figures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nineteenth-Century Southern Agriculture and Its Expansion into Texas -- 3. Nineteenth-Century German Farmers and Their Emigration to Texas -- 4. Germans in the Cotton Kingdom: The Eastern End of the German Belt, 1831-1885 -- 5. Germans on the Rim of the Desert: The Western End of the German Belt, 1844-1885 -- 6. Conclusion: The Importance of Cultural Heritage in the Agricultural Systems of the Immigrant Groups -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index

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Terry Jordan explores how German immigrants in the nineteenth century influenced and were influenced by the agricultural life in the areas of Texas where they settled. His findings both support the notion of ethnic distinctiveness and reveal the extent to which German Texans adopted the farming techniques of their Southern Anglo neighbors.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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