| Where Texas Meets the Sea: Corpus Christi and Its History Contributor(s): Lessoff, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477312242 ISBN-13: 9781477312247 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Dewey: 976.4 |
| Series: Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Locality - Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Demonstrating how the growth of a midsized city can illuminate urban development issues across an entire region, this exemplary history of Corpus Christi explores how competing regional and cosmopolitan influences have shaped this thriving port and leisur |
Contributor Bio(s): Lessoff, Alan: - Alan Lessoff is Professor of History at Illinois State University. A specialist in U.S. and comparative urban history, he has written, cowritten, or edited five previous books, most recently, Fractured Modernity: America Confronts Modern Times, 1890s to 1940s, edited with Thomas Welskopp. |