Urban Texas: Politics and Development / Edition 1

by Char Miller, Heywood T. Sanders

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890963975
Publisher:	Texas A&M University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Series:	Texas A&M Southwestern Studies Series , #8
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

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.

Editorial Reviews

Well written, authoritative, and worth reading."—I. Cohen, Illinois State University

I. Cohen

"Well written, authoritative, and worth reading."--I. Cohen, Illinois State University

From the Publisher

Historians and political analysts explore the political, social, and economic development of the cities in Texas since the 19th century. Topics include race, gender, suburbanization, religion, development, and voting. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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