The Road to Spindletop: Economic Change in Texas, 1875-1901

by John S. Spratt

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029270030X
• ISBN13: 9780292700307
• Release Date: January 1955
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"