Nameless towns : Texas sawmill communities, 1880-1942 /

Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company "cut out" its last trees. But during their heyday, these company towns made Texas the nation's third...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sitton, Thad, 1941-
Otros Autores: Conrad, James H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 1998.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
City and town life > Texas > History.
Sawmills > Texas > History.
Lumbering > Texas > History.
Vie urbaine > Texas > Histoire.
Scieries > Texas > Histoire.
Forêts > Exploitation > Texas > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
City and town life
Lumbering
Manners and customs
Sawmills
Texas > History, Local.
Texas > Social life and customs.
Texas > Histoire locale.
Texas > Mœurs et coutumes.
Texas
History
Local history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Panoramas
  • Feudal towns
  • The cornbread whistle
  • Dancing on the millpond
  • Cut and get out.

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