Mythic Galveston

Mythic Galveston
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 0801868874
ISBN-13 : 9780801868870
Rating : 4/5 (870 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mythic Galveston by : Susan Wiley Hardwick

Download or read book Mythic Galveston written by Susan Wiley Hardwick and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's Third Coast, Susan Wiley Hardwick examines Galveston's rapid rise and the myth created by immigrants and boosters of an abundant island with a highly temperate, even tropical, climate, ideal for settlement. Hardwick's historical analysis focuses on immigrant settlement patterns and the important contributions to Galveston's evolving sense of place made by diverse ethnic and racial groups."--BOOK JACKET.


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