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Author : Andrew M. Busch
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469632650

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City in a Garden by Andrew M. Busch Pdf

The natural beauty of Austin, Texas, has always been central to the city's identity. From the beginning, city leaders, residents, planners, and employers consistently imagined Austin as a natural place, highlighting the region's environmental attributes as they marketed the city and planned for its growth. Yet, as Austin modernized and attracted an educated and skilled labor force, the demand to preserve its natural spaces was used to justify economic and racial segregation. This effort to create and maintain a "city in a garden" perpetuated uneven social and economic power relationships throughout the twentieth century. In telling Austin's story, Andrew M. Busch invites readers to consider the wider implications of environmentally friendly urban development. While Austin's mainstream environmental record is impressive, its minority groups continue to live on the economic, social, and geographic margins of the city. By demonstrating how the city's midcentury modernization and progressive movement sustained racial oppression, restriction, and uneven development in the decades that followed, Busch reveals the darker ramifications of Austin's green growth.

Author : Jane Ko
Publisher : A Taste of Koko
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780578556550

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Koko's Guide To Austin Texas by Jane Ko Pdf

Koko's Guide To Austin is a pocket-sized travel guidebook to eating and drinking your way through Austin, TX with Austin's top food blogger, A Taste of Koko. In Koko's Guide To Austin, you will find: - Insider's guide to Austin, Texas by a local Austin blogger - 330+ local restaurants and businesses - 190+ beautiful, full-color photographs - 3 hand-drawn illustrated maps of Austin - In-depth restaurant guide that breaks down the best spots for breakfast, lunch, dinner, brunch, date night, tacos, margaritas, Tex-Mex, and more - Neighborhood guides featuring the popular neighborhoods of Austin with the best spots for coffee, breakfast, lunch, dinner, shops and more - Calendar listing of iconic events like Austin City Limits (ACL), South by Southwest (SXSW) - Weekend getaways from Austin - Austin bucket list that you can check off! This is the ultimate guide to Austin, Texas for both locals and visitors.

Author : Karen Thompson,Kathy R. Howell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0738508322

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Austin, Texas by Karen Thompson,Kathy R. Howell Pdf

When General Sam Houston's Texas army defeated Mexican General Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, the Republic of Texas was born. Austin, located on the banks of the Colorado River, was laid out as the capital city in 1839, and has remained the capital since statehood in 1846. Featured here in over 200 vintage photographs is the history of this independent city, and the people who made it what it is today. Land agent Stephen F. Austin brought the first Anglo settlers to the Spanish territory in 1821 and guided them until independence in 1836. Seen here are the images that capture the spirit of those original pioneers and their achievements, including the French Legation, the construction of the capitol, and the Texas governor's mansion, the oldest governor's residence west of the Mississippi. Also pictured are the familiar faces of Austin's long history, including Austin's first mayor, Edwin Waller, and past governor Alan Shivers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Volunteer workers in environmental protection
ISBN : UCR:31210024931725

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Sixth Volunteer Monitoring Conference, April, 2000, Austin, Texas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gregg Cantrell
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300090935

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Stephen F. Austin by Gregg Cantrell Pdf

Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas, has long been enshrined as an authentic American hero. This biography brings his private life, motives, personality and character into sharp focus, and examines the skills he employed as a central player in events leading to the Texas Revolution.

Author : Michael C. Miller
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781625853646

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Austin's First Cookbook by Michael C. Miller Pdf

Get a taste of Texas culinary history with this quirky, diverse community cookbook from Austin’s nineteenth-century residents, plus photos and informative essays. Tacos and barbecue command appetites today, but early Austinites indulged in peppered mangoes, roast partridge, and cucumber catsup. Those are just a few of the fascinating historic recipes in this new edition of the first cookbook published in the city. Written by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1891, Our Home Cookbook aimed to “cause frowns to dispel and dimple into ripples of laughter” with myriad “receipts” from the early Austin community. From dandy pudding to home remedies “worth knowing,” these are hearty helpings featuring local game and diverse heritage, including German, Czech and Mexican. With informative essays and a cookbook bibliography, city archivist Mike Miller and the Austin History Center present this curious collection that's sure to raise eyebrows, if not cravings.

Author : Joshua Long
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292722415

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Weird City by Joshua Long Pdf

A native Texan who lived and worked in the Austin area for more than twenty years, Joshua Long is Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at Franklin College Switzerland in Lugano, Switzerland. --Book Jacket.

Author : Amy K. Brown
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781581579970

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Explorer's Guide Austin, San Antonio & the Texas Hill Country: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations) by Amy K. Brown Pdf

Filled with local history, down-to-earth tips, and offbeat observations, this guide will lead you to the region's favorite spots to stay, eat, drink, and celebrate. Central Texas is an unpretentious, free-spirited region filled with treasured taquerias, hallowed music venues, juicy BBQ, and revered natural wonders. A non-stop schedule of cultural festivals makes for year-round revelry. Explore San Antonio's pedestrian-friendly River Walk, legendary Alamo and historic Mission Trail. Austin's internationally recognized music scene keeps feet tapping and its parks, trails, and swimming holes offer endless recreation. Take a carefree road trip through the Hill Country, past vineyards and wildflowers, to towns brimming with gourmet restaurants and relaxing B&Bs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Government purchasing
ISBN : IND:30000096203116

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Identical Bidding in Public Procurement by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Internal Revenue Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1070 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : UOM:39015020695105

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by United States. Internal Revenue Service Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2112 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119581754

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Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1970, Hearings Before ... 91-1, on H.R. 11612 by United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee Pdf

Author : Glenn W. Jones, Jr.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781365432187

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My Gone Austin . . . Retrospective 1965-2015 by Glenn W. Jones, Jr. Pdf

Author : Wick Griswold
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781626199187

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Austin in the Jazz Age by Wick Griswold Pdf

Though renowned, Austin's contemporary music scene pales in comparison with the explosion of creative talent the city spawned during the Jazz Age. Dozens of musicians who started out in the capital city attained national and international fame--but music was just one form of artistic expression that marked that time of upheaval. World War I's death and destruction bred a vehement rejection of the status quo. In its place, an enthusiastic adherence to life lived without question or consequence took root. The sentiment found fertile soil in Austin, with the University of Texas at the epicenter. Students indulged in the debauchery that typified the era, scandalizing Austin and Texas at large as they introduced a freewheeling, individualistic attitude that now defines the city. Join author Richard Zelade in a raucous investigation of the day and its most outstanding and outlandish characters.

Author : Chuck Parsons
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781603444965

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John B. Armstrong, Texas Ranger and Pioneer Ranchman by Chuck Parsons Pdf

As Elmer Kelton notes in his afterword to this book, "Chuck Parsons' biography is a long-delayed and much-justified tribute to Armstrong's service to Texas." Parsons fills in the missing details of a Ranger and rancher's life, correcting some common misconceptions and adding to the record of a legendary group of lawmen and pioneers.

Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781935149521

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Exodus from the Alamo by Phillip Thomas Tucker Pdf

The award-winning historian provides a provocative new analysis of the Battle of the Alamo—including new information on the fate of Davy Crockett. Contrary to legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo during the Texan Revolution died in a merciless predawn attack by Mexican soldiers. With extensive research into recently discovered Mexican accounts, as well as forensic evidence, historian Phillip Tucker sheds new light on the famous battle, contending that the traditional myth is even more off-base than we thought. In a startling revelation, Tucker uncovers that the primary fights took place on the plain outside the fort. While a number of the Alamo’s defenders hung on inside, most died while attempting to escape. Capt. Dickinson, with cannon atop the chapel, fired repeatedly into the throng of enemy cavalry until he was finally cut down. The controversy surrounding Davy Crockett still remains, though the recently authenticated diary of the Mexican Col. José Enrique de la Peña offers evidence that he surrendered. Notoriously, Mexican Pres. Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna burned the bodies of the Texans who had dared stand against him. As this book proves in thorough detail, the funeral pyres were well outside the fort—that is, where the two separate groups of escapees fell on the plain, rather than in the Alamo itself.