Nameless towns :Texas sawmill communities, 1880-1942
- 作者: Sitton, Thad,
- 其他作者: Conrad, James H.
- 出版: Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press 1998.
- 版本: 1st ed.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) :illustrations.
- 標題: Scieries Texas -- Histoire. , Scieries , Vie urbaine , Vie urbaine Texas -- Histoire. , Lumbering. , Forêts Exploitation -- Texas -- Histoire. , Texas , Manners and customs. , Texas Mœurs et coutumes. , Lumbering , Texas History, Local. , History. , HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General , Histoire locale. , ExploitationHistoire. , Texas. , Lumbering Texas -- History. , Mœurs et coutumes. , State & LocalGeneral. , Histoire. , Sawmills. , Social life and customs. , Electronic books. , City and town life. , City and town life , HISTORY , City and town life Texas -- History. , HISTORY State & Local -- General. , Local history. , Texas Social life and customs. , Sawmills Texas -- History. , Sawmills , Forêts , Texas Histoire locale. , History, Local.
- ISBN: 0292799888 , 9780292799882
- ISBN: 0292777256 , 9780292777255 , 0292777264 , 9780292777262
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index. Panoramas -- Feudal towns -- The cornbread whistle -- Dancing on the millpond -- Cut and get out.
- 摘要: Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company "cut out" its last trees. But during their heyday, these company towns made Texas the nation's third-largest lumber producer and created a colorful way of life that lingers in the memories of the remaining former residents and their children and grandchildren. Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the sawmill communities. They describe the companies that ran the mills and the different kinds of jobs involved in logging and milling. They depict the usually rough-hewn towns, with their central mill, unpainted houses, company store, and schools, churches, and community centers. And they characterize the lives of the people, from the hard, awesomely dangerous mill work to the dances, picnics, and other recreations that offered welcome diversions.
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- 系統號: 005289571
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A comprehensive history of the sawmill towns of East Texas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company “cut out” its last trees. But during their heyday, these company towns made Texas the nation’s third-largest lumber producer and created a colorful way of life that lingers in the memories of the remaining former residents and their children and grandchildren. Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the sawmill communities. They describe the companies that ran the mills and the different kinds of jobs involved in logging and milling. They depict the usually rough-hewn towns, with their central mill, unpainted houses, company store, and schools, churches, and community centers. And they characterize the lives of the people, from the hard, awesomely dangerous mill work to the dances, picnics, and other recreations that offered welcome diversions. Winner, T. H. Fehrenbach Award, Texas Historical Commission “After completing the book, I truly understood life in the sawmill communities, intellectually and emotionally. It was very satisfying. Conrad and Sitton write in such a manner to make one feel the hard life, smell the sawdust, and share the danger of the mills. The book is compelling and stimulating.” —Robert L. Schaadt, Director-Archivist, Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center
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