audiobook The Issei: The world of the first generation Japanese immigrants; 1885-1924 by Yuji Ichioka in History

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Winner; San Antonio Conservation Society Citation; 2005The flag of France is one of the six flags that have flown over Texas; but all that many people know about the French presence in Texas is the ill-fated explorer Cavelier de La Salle; fabled pirate Jean Laffite; or Cajun music and food. Yet the French have made lasting contributions to Texas history and culture that deserve to be widely known and appreciated. In this book; François Lagarde and thirteen other experts present original articles that explore the French presence and influence on Texas history; arts; education; religion; and business from the arrival of La Salle in 1685 to 2002.Each article covers an important figure or event in the France-Texas story. The historical articles thoroughly investigate early French colonists and explorers; the French pirates and privateers; the Bonapartists of Champ-d'Asile; the French at the Alamo; Dubois de Saligny and French recognition of the Republic of Texas; the nineteenth-century utopists of Icaria and Reunion; and the French Catholic missions. Other articles deal with French immigration in Texas; including the founding of Castroville; Cajuns in Texas; and the French economic presence in Texas today (the first such study ever published). The remaining articles look at painters Théodore and Marie Gentilz; sculptor Raoul Josset; French architecture in Texas; French travelers from Théodore Pavie to Simone de Beauvoir who have written on Texas; and the French heritage in Texas education. More than seventy color and black-and-white illustrations complement the text.