Pioneer Jewish Texans

by Ornish, Natalie

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Title Statements

Full title :Pioneer Jewish Texans / Natalie Ornish

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011
Edition:1., Texas A & M University Press ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Texas A & M Univ. Press
Place of Publication:College Station, Tex
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011

The Physical Object

Description:XII, 362 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1603444238, 9781603444231, 1603444335, 9781603444330
oclc:ocn930726098
LC Classification:F395.J5
Dewey Decimal:976.4/004924

Introduction to a people -- The adventurers: conquistadors and the search for freedom -- The soldiers: Jews in the battles for Texas independence -- The colonizers: opening Texas's lands west -- The statesmen: constructing a republic and a nation -- The ranchers: giants of Texas's great cattle herds -- The financiers: new frontiers in banking -- The wildcatters: from pipes to oil leases -- The humanitarian: Galveston and the gateway immigration movement -- The great merchants: some called them princes -- The significant merchants: laying the economic foundation for Texas's future -- The educators: the Paul Reveres of education -- The artists: vanguards in the arts -- The doctors and other healers: from the Alamo to the Nobel Prize -- The lawyers: justice for all.