Marfa and Presidio County, Texas: A Social, Economic, and Cultural Study 1937 to 2008 Volume One, 1937–1989Xlibris Corporation, 5 mars 2014 - 524 pages Authors Louise S. O'Connor and Cecilia Thompson present a simple encyclopedic study of the Trans-Pecos area of Texas with emphasis on Presidio County VICTORIA, Texas In their quest to complete their study and to share a better knowledge and understanding of a part of Texas that is still somewhat a frontier, authors Louise S. O'Connor and Cecilia Thompson reveal the first volume of their book "Marfa and Presidio County, Texas: A Social, Economic, and Cultural Study 1937 to 2008 Volume One, 1937 - 1989." In a book that offers a closer look at the past and the present, readers will see how a place known as a tourist area and a center of contemporary art came to be. It returns to the pre-historic era of Far West Texas and bring readers up to the present with yearly reports on the region as well as extensive formal research and personal interviews with present day people who live in Presidio County. A case study worth reading, this book is an eye-opener for a better understanding of how this small yet historically rich land is what it is now. Packed with the economic, social, and cultural history of Presidio County; this book gives readers, both lay and the historians, a clear and complete picture of the events that lead to the preservation, industrialization, and the improvement of one of the frontiers of the United States of America. |
Table des matières
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Prewar and Wartime Era 19371946 | 123 |
Postwar Adjustment 19471950 | 145 |
The Drought Years 19511956 | 181 |
Years of Further Decline and the Rise of Border Issues 19571963 | 223 |
More New Issues and Situations 19711979 | 333 |
The Saga of Donald Judd 19711994 | 365 |
A Dying Town and County 19801989 | 397 |
APPENDIX A | 421 |
Appendices | 422 |
Glossary | 457 |
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Endnotes | 495 |