Miles and miles of Texas : 100 years of the Texas Highway Department /

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On the eve of its centennial, Carol Dawson and Roger Allen Polson present almost 100 years of history and never-before-seen photographs that track the development of the Texas Highway Department. An agency originally created "to get the farmer out of the mud," it has gone on to build the v...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Dawson, Carol, 1951- (Autor), Polson, Roger Allen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Ferguson, James Edward, > 1871-1944.
Ferguson, James Edward, > 1871-1944
Texas. > State Department of Highways and Public Transportation > History.
Texas. > Highway Department > History.
Texas. > Department of Transportation > History.
Texas. > Department of Transportation
Texas. > Highway Department
Texas. > State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
1900-1999
Highway engineering > Political aspects > Texas > History.
Highway departments > Texas > History.
Technique routière > Aspect politique > Texas > Histoire.
Voirie (Administration) > Texas > Histoire.
History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Transportation / Automotive / History.
Business & Economics / Industries / Transportation.
Highway departments
Politics and government
Texas > Politics and government > 20th century.
Texas
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tracks, trails, mud, and money
  • Out of the mud and into the mire : the Ferguson years
  • "Fergusonism"
  • The "Rock core of integrity"
  • The wolves return
  • War and peace
  • The midcentury : Eisenhower's dream
  • The 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s
  • The quiet giant : the 1990s
  • From 2001 to the centennial.

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