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Book Review


Come to Texas: Attracting Immigrants, 1865–1915. By Barbara J. Rozek. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2003. xi + 250 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95.)
      On the eve of the Civil War about 30 percent of the population of Texas was held in slavery. In the aftermath of the conflict, labor looked likely to tumble, finding replacements became an urgent priority. The Texas legislature created a Bureau of Immigration to encourage and protect newcomers, guarding them against "fraud and chicanery and peculations," words probably beyond the semantic scope of most prospective settlers (p. 12). Though short-lived, the bureau and subsequent agencies blazoned the message, "Come to Texas," backing it up with fair and frantic claims, genuine information along with such enjoyable silliness as Jacob de Cordova's assurance that, "a cow can be raised in Texas at less cost than a chicken in any other place in the United States" (p. 65). . . .
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