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.
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.
The late Terry G. Jordan held the Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas in the geography department at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Preface to the Fourth Paperback Printing Acknowledgments 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
Preface to the Fourth Paperback Printing Acknowledgments 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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