Preface to the Fourth Paperback Printing
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Nineteenth-Century Southern Agriculture and Its Expansion into
Texas
3. Nineteenth-Century German Farmers and Their Emigration to
Texas
4. Germans in the Cotton Kingdom: The Eastern End of the German
Belt, 1831-1885
5. Germans on the Rim of the Desert: The Western End of the German
Belt, 1844-1885
6. Conclusion: The Importance of Cultural Heritage in the
Agricultural Systems of the Immigrant Groups
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
The late Terry G. Jordan held the Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas in the geography department at the University of Texas at Austin.
The lasting benefits Texas has received from its Germans mark our
place names, our historic records, even our food and drink. Dr.
Jordan's [book] makes this clear and is a valuable contribution to
Texana.
*Dallas Morning News*
Detailed with maps, charts and pictures, the book is excellent
reading for many Texans whose ancestors came to Texas direct from
Europe.
*San Antonio Express*
. . . an eminently readable book . . . in its recording of the
adaptation of a transplanted human population to a new
environment.
*West Texas Historical Association Year Book*
If one of my colleagues in American history asked me for a good
book in geography, I would give him this one.
*Economic Geography*
It makes a contribution to the lore of the nineteenth-century
immigrant; it throws some light on the history of Texas
agriculture. Perhaps more important, however, is that the method of
research as well as the method of presentation ... show that
geographer and historian can collaborate to their mutual
benefit.
*Journal of Southern History*
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