Land! : Irish pioneers in Mexican and revolutionary Texas /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A and M University Press,
[2002]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ;
no. 92. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1585441899 9781585441891 |