The city in Texas : a history

The city in Texas : a history / by David G. McComb.

"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 h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McComb, David G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Bridwell Texas history series.
Subjects:
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
Texas > History.
Texas > Social conditions.
Texas > Economic conditions.
Texas
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of 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.

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