Fort Worth : a Texas original! /
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| Author / Creator: | Selcer, Richard F. |
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| Imprint: | Austin : Texas State Historical Association, c2004. |
| Description: | 143 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Fred Rider Cotten popular history series ; no. 17 Fred Rider Cotten popular history series ; no. 17. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5541600 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Frontier beginnings (1849-1853)
- 2. The lean years (1853-1876)
- 3. Urban growth and industrialization (1876-1900)
- 4. Becoming citified (1880-1900)
- 5. Fort Worth's "forgotten" builders (women and ethnic minorities)
- 6. Beyond "Cowtown" (the 20th century)
- 7. Decline and rebirth (1920s-1940s)
- 8. Time out for culture and entertainments
- 9. The dark side of Fort Worth (crime and violence)
- 10. From city to "metroplex" (1945-1974)
- 11. A global city (1976 to the present)
- 12. Still going strong.
