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300 Years of San Antonio & Bexar County [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 256 pages, aukštis x plotis: 216x280 mm, Illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 05-Jul-2018
  • Leidėjas: Trinity University Press,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 1595348492
  • ISBN-13: 9781595348494
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 256 pages, aukštis x plotis: 216x280 mm, Illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 05-Jul-2018
  • Leidėjas: Trinity University Press,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 1595348492
  • ISBN-13: 9781595348494
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
300 Years of San Antonio & Bexar County captures the iconic stories, moments, people, and places that define one of the oldest communities in the United States. A collection of diverse authors joined forces to produce this richly illustrated and complexly woven thematic telling of the city’s history. From its earliest legacy as home to many indigenous peoples to its municipal founding by the Canary Islanders, a convergence of people from across the globe have settled, sacrificed, and successfully shaped the culture of San Antonio. The result is a 21st-century community that strives to balance diverse heritage with a vibrant economy thanks to stories from the past that provide lessons for the future.


The iconic stories, moments, people, and places that define one of the oldest communities in the United States

Recenzijos

Highly recommended for those who prize the sharing of our separate and entwined stories as important to developing a better understanding of each other and what our city can be. San Antonio Current

Beautiful book...great illustrations...comprehensive. Texas Public Radio

In its more than 250 pages, the book weaves together the voices of 45 contributors from San Antonios various communities and organizations, representing the ethnic and historical makeup of the city and its many viewpoints. Rivard Report

The book engages 46 historians, creative writers and local organizations to tell stories. KSAT-TV

Foreword: A Valuable Terrain ix
Introduction: Finding San Antonio xiii
Prelude: The Saga Begins xv
PART ONE WE ARE ALL VISITORS HERE
A Munificent and Utopian Frontier
5(9)
Tejano Legacy in San Antonio and Texas
Waterways
14(63)
The Life Blood of Community
Tejanos in the Texas Revolution
17(1)
First People
18(4)
Building the Frontier Community
The Panorama of History
22(6)
From Africans, Afro-Mexicans, and Moors to the Eastside
The Advent of the Canary Islanders
28(6)
Establishing the First Civil Government of Texas
The Women and Children of Spanish San Antonio
34(4)
Their Practical and Spiritual Worlds
Faces of San Antonio
38(2)
A Free Man in a Free Earth
40(2)
German Industry and Culture
Old World Values, New Beginnings
42(2)
Polish Silesians Come to America
A Family Affair
44(2)
Italian Heritage Runs Deep in San Antonio
San Antonio's Jewish Community
46(2)
Enriching Culture and Spirituality
Saloons, Cockfights, and Gunslingers
48(9)
The Wild West Rode into Town
A Place in Exile
57(1)
People Fleeing the Mexican Revolution Enriched San Antonio Life
A Life for God and a Heart for Others
57(3)
The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio Missions
60(9)
Monuments of Confluence
PART TWO BECOMING SAN ANTONIO
Somewhere Between Paris and Venice
69(9)
A City to Visit
A Place in Between
78(4)
Geology Shaped San Antonio
Remember the Siege of Bexar!
82(3)
African American Settlements
85(3)
Floods
88(7)
A Destructive and Beneficial Force for the San Antonio River Valley
Consider the Pecan
95(7)
Carya illinoinensis
Places of San Antonio
102(2)
San Antonio's Meandering River Walk
104(3)
A Masterpiece of Urban Engineering
San Antonio River Authority
107(3)
Powering a City
110(2)
How Energy and Big Dreams Transformed San Antonio
The Rancho de Las Cabras
112(2)
San Pedro Springs Park
114(2)
San Pedro Creek
116(6)
Lifeline for Diverse Communities and Businesses
La Villita
122(2)
A Romance with Water
124(2)
Brackenridge Park
126(2)
Coahuiltecan Seasons
128(2)
The Cultural Life of the First Residents of Bexar
The Alamo Company
130(2)
Protectors of the Frontier
The Early Days of Law Enforcement
132(2)
¡Quemazon! Feuer! Fire!
134(2)
San Antonio's First Firefighters
A Significant Vantage Point
136(7)
The Spanish Colonial Powder House and Watch Tower
PART THREE THE SOUL OF SAN ANTONIO
San Antonio Undo y Querido
143(10)
Language, Culture, and Identity in a Beloved City
Libros, Librerias, and Casas Editoriales
153(4)
The Golden Age of Spanish Language Book Publishing
"Talk to Me"
157(5)
San Antonio's West Side Sound
Faces of San Antonio
162(6)
Places of Worship
168(4)
The Catholic Church in San Antonio
164(6)
Reverend Claude Black
170(2)
Writing on the Rio
172(5)
The Literary Voice of San Antonio
Rosengren's
177(3)
"The Best of Bookstores"
Seeing San Antonio
180(2)
Conjunto Music and San Antonio
182(6)
Fiesta!
188(4)
San Antonio's Unique Cuisine
192(7)
Shaped by Terroir
PART FOUR GLOBAL CITY
The Birth of Modern San Antonio
199(11)
Three Pivotal Mayors Change the Course of the City
A Fair to Remember
210(5)
HemisFair '68
Broadcast History Was Made Here
215(3)
A City of "Firsts"
The Birth of Latino Rights Organizations
218(2)
The Sutton Family
220(2)
The Rise and Fall of the First Texas Republic
222(2)
Faces of San Antonio
224(2)
San Antonio and the Alamo in the Civil War
226(3)
Common Thread
229(8)
Community Connections between San Antonio and Civil War Leadership
San Antonio, Military City
237(3)
Early Military Settlement
I Like Ike
240(2)
Stinson Airport
242(2)
A History of Aviation Achievement
Deep Sea to Deep Space
244(2)
Southwest Research Institute Made San Antonio a "Science City"
Pioneer of the Possible
246(2)
Thomas Baker Slick Jr. (1916--1962)
Epilogue
248(9)
The San Antonio Story at Three-Hundred and Beyond
Editor's Acknowledgments 251(2)
Publisher's Statement and Acknowledgments 253(2)
Contributors 255(4)
Suggested Reading 259(3)
Tricentennial Commission 262
Char Miller, formerly a professor of history at Trinity University, is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College. He is the author of the award-winning Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism, Deep in the Heart of San Antonio: Land and Life in South Texas, and Public Lands/Public Debates: A Century of Controversy, as well as the editor of On the Border: An Environmental History of San Antonio and Fifty Years of the Texas Observer. His most recent books for Trinity University Press are Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream and On the Edge: Water, Immigration, and Politics in the Southwest. Miller is a frequent contributor to print, electronic, and social media.