Land!
Irish pioneers in Mexican and revolutionary Texas
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2002 - Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas
Language
English
Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101585441899
- ISBN-139781585441891
- Goodreads2397528
- Library of Congress Control Number2001008478
- OCLC Control Number48796518
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781585441891
- Open LibraryOL3940156M
Classifications
- DDC976.4/0049162
- LCCF395.I6 D38 2002
- LCCF395.I6D38 2002
Description
"The 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Biography
Series Statement
- Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ;
- no. 92
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