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Author McComb, David G., author.

Title The city in Texas : a history / by David G. McComb
Edition First edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 342 pages)
Series Bridwell Texas History Series
Bridwell Texas history series.
Contents Introduction: Theories, definitions, historians -- Part One. First things -- The lay of the land -- The influence of the Native Americans -- The towns of the Spanish Empire in Texas -- The coming of the Americans -- The towns of the Texas Revolution -- Part Two. The dirt road frontier, 1836/1900 -- Major events -- The dirt road -- Migration : gone to Texas -- The evolution of San Antonio -- The German towns of Texas -- The coastal ports -- The river ports -- The political towns -- The military towns -- The railroad towns -- The lumber towns -- The end of the dirt road frontier -- Part Three. The amenities of city life, 1900/1950 -- The rural to urban shift -- The Great Galveston Storm -- Spindletop and Beaumont -- The oil towns -- The elite rule of the cities -- The World War I era -- The entrancement of the city -- The Great Depression -- World War II -- The immediate postwar years -- Part Four. Great Texas cities, 1950/2012 -- Population and urban expansion -- Suburbs and subdivisions -- Segregation and integration -- The Hispanic identity -- John F. Kennedy and Dallas -- The Voting Rights Act and the cities -- Land transportation -- Airlines and airports -- Urban excellence in Texas -- Houston, a Renaissance city -- The infrastructure for excellence -- The city and the state : a conundrum
Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Cities and towns -- Texas -- History
Cities and towns -- Texas -- Growth -- History
City and town life -- Texas -- History
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Cities and towns
Cities and towns -- Growth
City and town life
Economic history
Frontier and pioneer life
Social conditions
SUBJECT Texas -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134261
Texas -- Social conditions
Texas -- Economic conditions
Subject Texas
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780292767478
0292767471