| Edition |
1st Texas A&M University Press ed. |
| Description |
xii, 362 p. : ill., ports. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Jews -- Texas -- Biography.
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Texas -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Alpern, Sara.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1603444238 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781603444231 |
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1603444335 (electronic bk.) |
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9781603444330 (electronic bk.) |
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