The courthouse square in Texas / Robert E. Veselka ; edited by Kenneth E. Foote.

Main entry:

Veselka, Robert E.

Title & Author:

The courthouse square in Texas / Robert E. Veselka ; edited by Kenneth E. Foote.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000.

Description:

xiv, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; no. 2

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.
1. The Courthouse Square in Texas -- 2. From Land Policy to County Seats and Squares -- 3. Anglo-American Courthouse Squares -- 4. Origins of the Anglo-American Courthouse Squares -- 5. Squares Derived from Spanish Precedents and Other Planning Traditions -- 6. Origins of Squares Derived from Spanish Precedents and Other Planning Traditions -- 7. The Centripetal Role of the Courthouse Square -- 8. Symbolism and Social Activity at the Courthouse Square -- 9. Afterword -- App. 1. Texas Counties -- App. 2. Block Patterns, Features, and Role of Texas Courthouse Squares.

Summary:

Geography, Texas History, urban planning.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0292787359 (alk. paper)
9780292787353 (alk. paper)
0292787367 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780292787360 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Courthouses Texas History.
Plazas Texas History.
City and town life Texas History.
Courthouses Texas Design and construction History.
Plazas Texas Design and construction History.
City planning Texas History.
Human geography Texas.
Vie urbaine Texas Histoire.
City and town life.
City planning.
Courthouses.
Courthouses Design and construction.
Historical geography.
Human geography.
Manners and customs.
Plazas.
Plazas Design and construction.
Texas History, Local.
Texas Historical geography.
Texas Social life and customs.
Texas Histoire locale.
Texas Géographie historique.
Texas Mœurs et coutumes.
Texas.

Form/genre:

Local histories.
History.
Local history.

Added entries:

Foote, Kenneth E., 1955-
Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; no. 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212892
Call No.: NA4472.T4 V4 2000
Status: Available

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