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Where Texas Meets the Sea - Corpus Christi and Its History (Paperback)
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Where Texas Meets the Sea - Corpus Christi and Its History (Paperback)
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A favorite destination of visitors to the Texas coast, Corpus
Christi is a midsize city that manages to be both cosmopolitan and
provincial, networked and local. It is an indispensable provider of
urban services to South Texas, as well as a port of international
significance. Its industries and military bases and, increasingly,
its coastal research institutes give it a range of connections
throughout North America. Despite these advantages, however, Corpus
Christi has never made it into the first rank of Texas cities, and
a keen self-consciousness about the city's subordinate position has
driven debates over Corpus's identity and prospects for decades. In
this masterful urban history-a study that will reshape the way that
Texans look at all their cities-Alan Lessoff analyzes Corpus
Christi's place within Texas, the American Southwest, the western
Gulf of Mexico, and the U.S.-Mexican borderlands from the city's
founding in 1839 to the present. He portrays Corpus as a place
where westward Anglo expansion overwhelmed the Hispanic settlement
process from the south, leaving a legacy of conflicting historical
narratives that colors the city's character even now. Lessoff also
explores how competing visions of the city's identity and
possibilities have played out in arenas ranging from artwork in
public places to schemes to embellish, redevelop, or preserve the
downtown waterfront and North Padre Island. With a deep
understanding of the geographic, historical, economic, and
political factors that have formed the city, Lessoff demonstrates
that Corpus Christi exemplifies the tensions between regional and
cosmopolitan influences that have shaped cities across the
Southwest.
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