The Road to Spindletop

Economic Change in Texas, 1875–1901

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: John Stricklin Spratt ISBN: 9781477306420
Publisher: University of Texas Press Publication: November 6, 2014
Imprint: University of Texas Press Language: English
Author: John Stricklin Spratt
ISBN: 9781477306420
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication: November 6, 2014
Imprint: University of Texas Press
Language: English
This book is an economic history of Texas at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1875, Texas was an agrarian state with limited industry. A generation later, agriculture was heavily commercialized, thousands of miles of railroads carried people and goods around the state, and urban populations increased rapidly. Even before the Spindletop gusher that irrevocably changed the state’s future, Texas had already moved far from its days as a Mexican and American frontier.
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This book is an economic history of Texas at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1875, Texas was an agrarian state with limited industry. A generation later, agriculture was heavily commercialized, thousands of miles of railroads carried people and goods around the state, and urban populations increased rapidly. Even before the Spindletop gusher that irrevocably changed the state’s future, Texas had already moved far from its days as a Mexican and American frontier.

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