Antebellum Jefferson, Texas : Everyday Life in an East Texas Town /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bagur, Jacques D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
City and town life > Texas > Jefferson > History > 19th century.
Jefferson (Tex.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Jefferson (Tex.) > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Background
  • What Jefferson was
  • Foundations
  • Townsite
  • Emergence
  • Development
  • Censuses
  • Women
  • Slaves
  • Roads and bridges
  • County seat
  • Municipal affairs
  • Wharves
  • Navigation
  • Navigation controversies
  • Market area
  • Primary business types
  • Commodity markets
  • Warehouse district
  • Earliest merchants
  • Early 1850s merchants
  • Middle 1850s merchants
  • Late merchants
  • Miscellaneous businesses
  • Manufacturing
  • Packeries
  • Structural features
  • The professions
  • Politics
  • Fraternal organizations
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Hotels
  • Stables
  • Stagecoaches
  • Newspapers
  • Postal services
  • Telegraph
  • Railroads
  • Sports
  • Culture and entertainment
  • Balls and dances
  • Crime
  • Vice
  • Health and welfare
  • Mortality.

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