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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801868874
ISBN-13
9780801868870
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2148834
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mythic Galveston : Reinventing America's Third Coast
Publication Year
2002
Subject
Landscape, Earth Sciences / Geography, Human Geography, Sociology / General, United States / General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Architecture, Social Science, Science, History
Series
Creating the North American Landscape Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2001-003755
Reviews
Mythic Galveston is a magnificent geography... Hardwick weaves everything together into a wonderful fusion of Galveston and its people as a distinctive place and posits the island and city as part of an emerging Gulf Coast, Third Coast, or Creole Coast region., "Hardwick provides a geographer's perspective to her important new study of Galveston, Texas... Mythic Galveston is a welcome addition to the ever-growing literature on a fascinating and important city."--James C. Maroney, Journal of American History, Mythic Galveston contributes an intriguing analysis of the Galveston Movement as well as numerous examples of well-organized data and maps., "Much more than just another narrative history of Galveston. Hardwick... traces the confluence of physical, social, cultural, economic, and political factors that shaped this coastal city's identity and evolution."-- East Texas Historical Journal, Galveston is a place that invites visitors to stroll along its beaches and marvel at its historic buildings. Yet for generations of immigrants, it was also the Ellis Island of the South. This slim but meticulous study recaptures the lives of those immigrants and how they shaped this Texas city., The book, in its exploration of ethnic diversity in Galveston, offers grounds for thought and for new perspectives on the city., "The book, in its exploration of ethnic diversity in Galveston, offers grounds for thought and for new perspectives on the city."--Patrick H. Butler III, Public Historian, Much more than just another narrative history of Galveston. Hardwick... traces the confluence of physical, social, cultural, economic, and political factors that shaped this coastal city's identity and evolution., "Mythic Galveston contributes an intriguing analysis of the Galveston Movement as well as numerous examples of well-organized data and maps." -- Tina Cannon, "Much more than just another narrative history of Galveston. Hardwick... traces the confluence of physical, social, cultural, economic, and political factors that shaped this coastal city's identity and evolution." -- Casey Greene, East Texas Historical Journal, 'Much more than just another narrative history of Galveston. Hardwick... traces the confluence of physical, social, cultural, economic, and political factors that shaped this coastal city's identity and evolution.' -- Casey Greene, East Texas Historical Journal'The book, in its exploration of ethnic diversity in Galveston, offers grounds for thought and for new perspectives on the city.' -- Patrick H. Butler III, Public Historian'Mythic Galveston is a magnificent geography... Hardwick weaves everything together into a wonderful fusion of Galveston and its people as a distinctive place and posits the island and city as part of an emerging Gulf Coast, Third Coast, or Creole Coast region.' -- James D. Lowry, Jr., Journal of Cultural Geography'Galveston is a place that invites visitors to stroll along its beaches and marvel at its historic buildings. Yet for generations of immigrants, it was also the Ellis Island of the South. This slim but meticulous study recaptures the lives of those immigrants and how they shaped this Texas city.' -- Matthew W. Klingle, American Historical Review'Hardwick provides a geographer's perspective to her important new study of Galveston, Texas... Mythic Galveston is a welcome addition to the ever-growing literature on a fascinating and important city.' -- James C. Maroney, Journal of American History'This is a superb place-portrait of one of America's most distinctive, and least-known, cities. Professor Hardwick presents a factual and interpretative narrative, written in a sprightly style that reveals her enthusiasm for the city.' -- Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov, University of Texas at Austin'Mythic Galveston contributes an intriguing analysis of the Galveston Movement as well as numerous examples of well-organized data and maps.' -- Tina Cannon, "Hardwick's Mythic Galveston contributes an intriguing analysis of the Galveston Movement as well as numerous examples of well-organized data and maps."--Tina Cannon, "Galveston is a place that invites visitors to stroll along its beaches and marvel at its historic buildings. Yet for generations of immigrants, it was also the Ellis Island of the South. This slim but meticulous study recaptures the lives of those immigrants and how they shaped this Texas city."--Matthew W. Klingle, American Historical Review, Hardwick provides a geographer's perspective to her important new study of Galveston, Texas... Mythic Galveston is a welcome addition to the ever-growing literature on a fascinating and important city.
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
976.4/139
Table Of Content
Contents:PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter I: IntroductionChapter 2: Early Visitors and SettlersChapter 3: Birth of a Global CityChapter 4: Rise of the EliteChapter 5: After the Storm: Reinventing an Island EnvironmentChapter 6: The End of Immigration: The Galveston MovementChapter 7: The Reinvention of People and PlaceBibliographyIndex
Synopsis
Despite its appeal as a natural harbor, Galveston, Texas, is located on a small Gulf Coast barrier island that makes it ill-suited for dense urban development. Early American and European settlers envisioned Galveston harbor as a place with tremendous economic potential, appropriate for urban expansion. In Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's ......, Despite its appeal as a natural harbour, Galveston, Texas, is located on a small Gulf Coast barrier island that makes it ill-suited for dense urban development. Early American and European settlers envisioned Galveston harbour as a place with tremendous economic potential, appropriate for urban expansion. In this book, Susan Wiley Hardwick examines Galveston's rapid rise and the myth created by immigrants and boosters to promote the vision of an abundant island with a highly temperate, even tropical, climate, ideal for settlement., Despite its appeal as a natural harbor, Galveston, Texas, is located on a small Gulf Coast barrier island that makes it ill-suited for dense urban development. Early American and European settlers envisioned Galveston harbor as a place with tremendous economic potential, appropriate for urban expansion. In Mythic Galveston: Reinventing America's Third Coast, Susan Wiley Hardwick examines Galveston's rapid rise and the myth created by immigrants and boosters to promote the vision 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 . As the Ellis Island of the Third Coast, Galveston served as a major gateway for immigrants heading for the Great Plains, the West, and other parts of North America during the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the early part of the twentieth century. Galveston's reputation as an ethnically diverse and cosmopolitan city fostered a myth of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic harmony. Although such harmony was largely illusory, Hardwick argues that Galveston was a truly global city from the earliest days of settlement, giving it a social ambience distinct from that of the mainland. Mythic Galveston vividly illustrates how a place especially vulnerable to the forces of nature has grown into a culturally vibrant city within America's Third Coast.
LC Classification Number
F394.G2H25 2002
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