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Author Haas, Astrid, author.

Title Lone Star vistas : travel writing on Texas, 1821-1861 / Astrid Haas.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (xix, 215 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Bridwell Texas history series
Bridwell Texas history series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Part I. Military-scientific exploration -- Introduction to part I -- Assessing El Norte: Mexican government expedition accounts -- Charting the land: reports of Anglo-American explorations of Texas -- Part II. Colonization and settlement -- Introduction to part II -- A place for southerners: travelogues and Anglo-American colonization -- America's Italy: journey narratives promoting German settlement -- Newcomers' plight: travel accounts warning against German migration -- Part III. Professional journeys -- Introduction to part III -- Missionary messages: narratives of itinerant religious labor -- Reporting from the regiment: journey accounts of US Army officers' wives -- Professional pens: Anglo-American travel journalism of Texas -- Conclusion.
Summary "In Lone Star Vistas, Astrid Haas brings formidable language and research skills to bear on the subject of travel writing on Texas in the nineteenth century. As she puts it, the manuscript looks at "narrative constructions" of Texas as a geographic and social space from 1821 to 1861 in selected works of Mexican, Anglo-American, and German travel writing. "Based on the premise that journey narratives contribute significantly to the discursive construction of national and regional identities, cultures, and landscapes," Haas writes, "the examined case studies represent travelogues authored by members of the three largest non-native ethnic groups that journeyed through Texas and recorded their observations for posterity. Through the lens of the travelogue, the study looks at the formation of public discourses on the region during the most formative phase of its history.""-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Travel writing -- Texas -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Travel writing.
Texas.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Travelers' writings, American -- Texas.
Travelers' writings, American.
Travelers' writings, Mexican -- Texas.
Travelers' writings, Mexican.
Travelers' writings, German -- Texas.
Travelers' writings, German.
Texas -- Description and travel -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
Travel.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Haas, Astrid. Lone Star Vistas. First edition. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021 9781477322604 (DLC) 2020034107 (OCoLC)1182019820
ISBN 9781477322611 (electronic book)
1477322612 (electronic book)
9781477322604
1477322604