Dallas : : The Making of a Modern City / / Patricia Evridge Hill.
From the ruthless deals of the Ewing clan on TV's "Dallas" to the impeccable customer service of Neiman-Marcus, doing business has long been the hallmark of Dallas. Beginning in the 1920s and 1930s, Dallas business leaders amassed unprecedented political power and civic influence, whi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- TABLES
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: 1880 - 1920
- 1. Dallas's Turn-of-the-Century Elite: Businessmen and Clubwomen
- 2. Radical Alternatives: Populism and Socialism in Dallas
- 3. Fairness Revisited: Labor's Bid for Respectability
- Part Two: 1920-1940
- 4. Reform, Reaction, and Downtown Rivalries as Threats to Growth
- 5. The Origins of Single -Option Government
- 6. Dallas's War on Labor, 1935-1940
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index