Texas Roots: Agriculture And Rural Life Before The Civil War (Texas A&m University Agriculture Series, Band 8) - Hardcover

Jones, C. Allan; ALLAN, Jones C.

 
9781585444182: Texas Roots: Agriculture And Rural Life Before The Civil War (Texas A&m University Agriculture Series, Band 8)
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ISBN 10: 1585444189 ISBN 13: 9781585444182
Verlag: Texas A & M University Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

In today’s Texas, with its growing urban populations and big-city lifestyles, it is worth remembering that in 1850 only 10 percent of Texans lived in towns with as many as 100 people. The rest—of many ethnic and racial groups—lived off the land, which was blessedly suited to a profitable variety of crops and livestock and also provided an abundance of wildlife free for the taking.

In Texas Roots, C. Allan Jones reminds us that the economic wealth of modern Texas arose from its agricultural heritage, a rich mixture of practices and traditions including:

· Caddo hunting, gathering, gardening, and farming

· Irrigated agriculture at Spanish missions

· Hispanic ranching

· Slave-based plantations

· Small-scale farmers and ranchers

Through time, people adapted the agricultural technologies, laws, and customs of New Spain, Mexico, Europe, and the South to their own practical, institutional, and legal needs. The result was a particularly Texan system that would serve as the foundation for the state’s economic strength after the Civil War.

Texas Roots shines a bright light on our relationship and connection with the land, bringing alive an aspect of the Texas history that contributed immeasurably to the state’s identity and prosperity.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

C. Allan Jones, director of the Texas Water Resources Institute, has long been interested in the history of agriculture of Texas.

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Verlag
Texas A & M University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1585444189
ISBN 13 
9781585444182
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Anzahl der Seiten
288
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