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Author O'Rear, Mary Jo Holoubek, 1943-

Title Storm over the bay [electronic resource] : the people of Corpus Christi and their port / Mary Jo O'Rear.

Imprint College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 187 p. : ill., maps.
Series Gulf Coast studies ; no. 16
Gulf Coast books ; no. 16.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue: View from the bluff -- The place and the people -- Barrier isles and bay -- Castaways and cattlemen -- Outlets and immigrants -- Promises and potential -- Politicians and the port -- Populists and patrons -- Protests and progressives -- Blocs and balloting -- Targets and trials -- Payback and portents -- Devastation and death -- Recovery and resurgence -- Commitment and construction -- Postscript: View from the bay.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Harbors -- Texas -- Corpus Christi.
Hurricanes -- Texas -- Corpus Christi Bay.
Disaster relief -- Texas -- Corpus Christi -- Citizen participation.
Corpus Christi (Tex.) -- History.
Corpus Christi (Tex.) -- Politics and government.
Corpus Christi Bay (Tex.) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781603440882 (cloth : alk. paper)
1603440887 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603443456 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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