The Courthouse Square in Texas / / Robert E. Veselka; ed. by Kenneth E. Foote.
With its dignified courthouse set among shade trees and lawns dotted with monuments to prominent citizens and fallen veterans, the courthouse square remains the civic center in a majority of the county seats of Texas. Yet the squares themselves vary in form and layout, reflecting the different town-...
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2000 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Chapter One. The Courthouse Square in Texas
- Chapter Two. From Land Policy to County Seats and Squares
- Chapter Three. Anglo-American Courthouse Squares
- Chapter Four. Origins of the Anglo-American Courthouse Squares
- Chapter Five. Squares Derived from Spanish Precedents and Other Planning Traditions
- Chapter Six. Origins of Squares Derived from Spanish Precedents and Other Planning Traditions
- Chapter Seven. The Centripetal Role of the Courthouse Square
- Chapter Eight. Symbolism and Social Activity at the Courthouse Square
- Chapter Nine. Afterword
- Appendix 1. Texas Counties
- Appendix 2 Block Patterns, Features, and Roles of Texas Courthouse Squares
- Appendix 3. A Note on Sources and Methods
- Bibliography
- Index