Description
The major cities of Texas have developed through a complex web of politics, society, and economics. To describe and explain the state's urban evolution, the contributors to Urban Texas use comparative and multidisciplinary perspectives that explore the relationships among interest groups and voting; religion, reform, gender, and race; civic clubs and suburbs; infrastructure and land development. Texas' cities have experienced boom and expansion, bust and depression. They have also been marked by inequity and disadvantage. Today's cities face not only the limits of a period of economic downturn, but also the inheritance of a history of bias and public-sector inactivity. The story of such forces, challenges the myths that surround Texas' explosive growth and probes the staggering costs that growth has entailed.
Author: Char Miller
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 12/01/1989
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.22w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780890963975
ISBN10: 0890963975
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- Political Science | American Government | State
- History | United States | State & Local | General
Author: Char Miller
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 12/01/1989
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.22w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780890963975
ISBN10: 0890963975
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- Political Science | American Government | State
- History | United States | State & Local | General
About the Author
Char Miller is associate professor of history at Trinity University, San Antonio, where he specializes in nineteenth-and-twentieth century U.S. social and cultural history. He is the author or editor of three other books and numerous scholarly articles.Heywood T. Sanders is associate professor of urban studies at Trinity University. He has published widely on topics in urban politics and policy.