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Germans and Texans : Commerce, Migration, and Culture in the Days of the Lone Star Republic / Walter Struve.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Struve, Walter, 1935- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German Americans.
- Giesecke family.
- Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.
- Texas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, TX : , [1996]
- Summary:
- The story of the German immigrant merchants and businesspeople who helped make Galveston a thriving international port and Houston an early Texas business center.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Tables and Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- The Lure of an Heirloom: In Place of a Preface
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- Part 1: World of Origin: North Germany in the Biedermeier Era
- 1. German Patricians and Merchants in Crisis
- 2. The Homeland of the Gieseckes
- 3. Bremen and Its Hinterland
- Part 2: Enmeshment: North Germany and the Americas
- 4. The Lure of Mexico, Texas, and the United States
- 5. Galveston and Its Hinterland
- Part 3: World of Destination: Merchants and Immigrants in the Republic of Texas
- 6. North German Arrivals
- 7. Brazoria
- Rise and Fall of a Town
- Agriculture and Slavery in Brazoria County
- 8. The Many Worlds of the Gieseckes in Texas
- Export, Import, Agriculture, and Retail Business
- Cotton and Bremen
- "Plantation," Slavery, and the Tobacco Trade
- Distilling in Texas
- Craftsmen and Emigration
- Epilogue: Reflections on Migration
- Appendix 1: Letters From Texas, 1844-1845
- The Merchant and Farmer Charles A. Giesecke in Brazoria, Republic of Texas, to His Brother, the Merchant Friedrich Giesecke in Elze, AMT (Subdistrict) Gronau-Poppenburg, Kingdom of Hannover
- Appendix 2: Chart of the Giesecke Family: Some Relationships Among the Giesecke, Sander, Basse, and Struve Families
- Notes
- Glossary of Weights, Measures, and Monetary Units
- Bibliographical Essay and Bibliography
- Index
- Illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Struve, Walter Germans and Texans
- ISBN:
- 9780292776814
- 0292776810
- OCLC:
- 1511483293
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