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Gulf Trade Networks And Family Ties: French Migration Via New Orleans To The Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1848-1881, Kristen D. Kline
Gulf Trade Networks And Family Ties: French Migration Via New Orleans To The Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1848-1881, Kristen D. Kline
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis considers economic and social aspects of French immigration to the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of Texas during the mid-nineteenth century, with special emphasis on a small group of merchants who left France during the 1850s. It synthesizes the work of several scholars who have focused on French presence in the LRGV with others who have analyzed various economic facets of the LRGV during different periods between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. This study attempts to situate five families into the context of nineteenth-century European migration to the Americas, as well as into the Gulf maritime economy on …
Lesson Plan, U.S. History, 8th Grade, Luis Sandoval
Lesson Plan, U.S. History, 8th Grade, Luis Sandoval
Fall Workshop October 2019
TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 8.1 A, 8.29, 8.30
Lesson objective(s): 1. How humans interact with the environment
Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs: -Ready for the Honors/GTS -Pictures & videos
Los Del Valle Oral History Project, Manuel F. Medrano
Los Del Valle Oral History Project, Manuel F. Medrano
Summer Institute June 2019
The Los del Valle Oral History Project began in 1992 with the objectives of collecting and preserving the historical recollections of people in South Texas researched by scholars and underdocumented in archives and published research. Some interviewees have received national acclaim, such as folklorist and scholar Americo Paredes, conjunto pioneers Narciso Martinez and Eva Ybarra, writer Carmen Tafolla and Medal of Honor recipient Jose M. Lopez. Also included are Benito Trevino, ethnobotanist from Rio Grande City and Mary Helen Berlanga, educational proponent from Corpus Christi. This is one of the first oral history collections about Mexican Americans in Texas to …