Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
12-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Dr. Linda English
Second Advisor
Dr. Friederike Bruehoefener
Third Advisor
Dr. George T. Díaz
Abstract
This thesis considers economic and social aspects of French immigration to the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of Texas during the mid-nineteenth century, with special emphasis on a small group of merchants who left France during the 1850s. It synthesizes the work of several scholars who have focused on French presence in the LRGV with others who have analyzed various economic facets of the LRGV during different periods between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. This study attempts to situate five families into the context of nineteenth-century European migration to the Americas, as well as into the Gulf maritime economy on the eve of the military conflicts in the U.S-Mexico borderlands of the 1860s. The research focuses on the economic conditions as well as the commercial, familial, and social networks that contributed to their financial success and enduring legacies.
Recommended Citation
Kline, Kristen D., "Gulf Trade Networks and Family Ties: French Migration via New Orleans to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1848-1881" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 2.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/2
Comments
Copyright 2019 Kristen Denise Kline. All Rights Reserved.
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