The City Moves West: Economic and Industrial Growth in Central West Texas

by Robert L. Martin

Book Overview

Where water supply, railway transportation, and oil reserves have been abundant, towns in central West Texas have prospered; where these resources are few, settlements have maintained only slight growth or disappeared entirely. Supporting his conclusions with profuse statistical evidence, Robert L. Martin traces the economic development of six major towns in the area, all with over 10,000 residents in 1960: Lamesa, Snyder, Sweetwater, Big Spring,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292741367
• ISBN13: 9780292741362
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"