A Journey Through Texas
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A Journey Through Texas is a mid-19th-century travel narrative by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted that vividly documents the geography, culture, and social conditions of Texas before the Civil War.
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| instanceOf |
book
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nonfiction work → travel narrative → |
| author |
Frederick Law Olmsted
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| authorNotableFor |
design of Central Park in New York City
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| authorOccupation |
landscape architect
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| contributor |
Frederick Law Olmsted
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| describes |
Native American presence in Texas
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Texas frontier → conditions of enslaved people → economy of Texas → immigration to Texas → plantation society → rural life in Texas → urban life in Texas → |
| documents |
landscape and climate of Texas
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political attitudes in Texas → regional customs → religious practices in Texas → travel observations → |
| fieldOfStudy |
American history
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Southern studies → Texas history → |
| genre |
social commentary
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travel literature → |
| hasForm |
first-person narrative
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| hasFormat |
modern reprints
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printed book → |
| hasHistoricalContext |
period before the American Civil War
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| hasHistoricalSignificance |
important account of slavery in Texas
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primary source on antebellum Texas → |
| hasPerspective |
Northern U.S. reformist viewpoint
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| intendedAudience |
readers in the Northern United States
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| language |
English
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| literaryPeriod |
19th-century American literature
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| mainSubject |
Texas
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antebellum South → culture of Texas → geography of Texas → slavery in the United States → social conditions in Texas → |
| publicationPeriod |
19th century
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| purpose |
to critique slavery and social conditions
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to inform readers about Texas → |
| settingTime |
antebellum period
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mid-19th century → |
| style |
journalistic observation
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vivid descriptive prose → |
Referenced by (3)
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States
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followedBy |
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A Journey in the Back Country in the Winter of 1853–4
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relatedWork |
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Frederick Law Olmsted
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wrote |