Author : Gunnar M. Brune
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 31,5 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781585441969
This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Author : Timothy K. Perttula
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 18,45 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781585441945
The first look at the prehistory of Texas by 16 professional archaeologist.
Author : Sharon Bracken
Publisher : HPN Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,65 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1935377221
Author : Todd Lee Savitt
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,32 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252008740
Widely regarded as the most comprehensive study of its kind, this volume offers valuable insight into the alleged medical differences between whites and blacks that translated as racial inferiority and were used to justify slavery and discrimination. In Medicine and Slavery, Todd L. Savitt evaluates the diet, hygiene, clothing, and living and working conditions of antebellum African Americans, slave and free, and analyzes the diseases and health conditions that afflicted them in urban areas, at industrial sites, and on plantations.
Author : Calder Loth
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : 0813918626
The Virginia Landmarks Register, fourth edition, will create for the reader a deeper awareness of a unique legacy and will serve to enhance the stewardship of Virginia's irreplaceable heritage.
Author : Nicolaus Seefeld
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 47,73 MB
Release : 2018-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1784919306
This research seeks to close an essential research gap – the understanding of the water management strategies of the Maya in pre-Hispanic times. It focuses on the archaeological investigation of the hydraulic system of Uxul, a medium-sized Maya centre in the south of the state of Campeche, Mexico.
Author : Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 34,8 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574410365
Six essays discuss definitions and explanations of folklore, and methods of teaching it. Then 15 additional essays explore Texas folklore related to such topics as police burials, gang graffiti, fiddling, ghosts, dance halls, oil fields, spring rituals, and the dialect spoken along the border between Texas and Mexico. Numerous illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Thomas Nelson Page
Publisher :
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,45 MB
Release : 1906
Category :
ISBN :
Author : A. Ray Stephens
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 13,83 MB
Release : 1990-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806123073
Illustrates events in Texas history and geography through 64 maps and brief essays.
Author : Paul Sadin
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 35,61 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN :
