The City in Texas

The City in Texas
Author: David G. McComb
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2015-02-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0292767463

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"This book is the first history of cities in Texas, covering the earliest days of Spanish-Mexican towns, the Republic era to about 1940, and metropolitan Texas to the present. Not only is this book a first for Texas, but there seem to be no equivalent books for any other states, so the author has developed new concepts like 'the first road frontier' and the 'rupture' caused by the railroads. McComb emphasizes how railroads and related innovations such as the telegraph and the clock facilitated in urban development"--Provided by publisher.


The City in Texas
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: David G. McComb
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-15 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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"This book is the first history of cities in Texas, covering the earliest days of Spanish-Mexican towns, the Republic era to about 1940, and metropolitan Texas
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Authors: Andrew M. Busch
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-16 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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The City in Texas
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: David G. McComb
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-15 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Kenneth W. Wheeler
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Weird City
Language: en
Pages: 222
Authors: Joshua Long
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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A native Texan who lived and worked in the Austin area for more than twenty years, Joshua Long is Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at Franklin College Swi