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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A valuable addition to both Texas and maritime history.,
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This review is from: From Sail to Steam: Four Centuries of Texas Maritime History, 1500-1900 (Hardcover)
I had the pleasure of reviewing this manuscript while it was under consideration by the University of Texas Press. From Sail to Steam: Four Centuries of Texas Maritime History, 1500-1900 makes a valuable and much-needed addition to both the study of the American Southwest and maritime history in general. Francaviglia weaves together both earlier work and new, original research to present, for the first time, a single, flowing narrative of the development of Texas' ties to the sea. The volume is heavily illustrated, which is an advantage in a work which chronicles technological development as well as social and economic change. The author also makes good use of interdisciplinary studies; he draws heavily, for example, on recent archaeological work to build a more complete picture of the past than would be possible using only limited archival sources. |
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From Sail to Steam: Four Centuries of Texas Maritime History, 1500-1900 by Richard V. Francaviglia (Hardcover - 1998)
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