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O'Rear, Mary Jo Holoubek, 1943-

Storm over the bay the people of Corpus Christi and their port / [electronic resource] : Mary Jo O'Rear. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009. - x, 187 p. : ill., maps. - Gulf Coast studies ; no. 16 . - Gulf Coast books ; no. 16. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 patróns -- 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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Harbors--Texas--Corpus Christi.
Hurricanes--Texas--Corpus Christi Bay.
Disaster relief--Citizen participation.--Texas--Corpus Christi

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Corpus Christi (Tex.)--History.
Corpus Christi (Tex.)--Politics and government.
Corpus Christi Bay (Tex.)--History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F394.C78 / O74 2009eb