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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-004.mrc:594408107:3129
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LEADER: 03129fam a2200421 a 4500
001 1966593
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008 950321t19961996txuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 95013938
020 $a089263328X
035 $a(OCoLC)32273179
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm32273179
035 $9AMH0293CU
035 $a(NNC)1966593
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043 $an-us-tx
050 00 $aNA8301$b.B4 1996
082 00 $a307.3/362/1609764139$220
100 1 $aBeasley, Ellen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80079631
245 14 $aThe alleys and back buildings of Galveston :$ban architectural and social history /$cEllen Beasley.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aHouston, Tex. :$bRice University Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $aix, 170 pages :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 148-160) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Views and Interviews --$g1.$tIn View ... on the Backside: The Pre-Civil War Years --$g2.$tIndependent of the Front House: The Post-Civil War Years --$g3.$tFrom Privies to Prostitution: The 1870s and 1880s --$g4.$tLiving "in the Rear" --$g5.$tOwning Alley Property --$g6.$tDevastation and Reconstruction: The 1900 Hurricane --$g7.$tChange along the Alley: Technology and Housing Reform --$g8.$tAlleyscapes --$g9.$tStepping into the Yard: Service Buildings and Back Houses --$g10.$tStepping into the Alley: Alley Houses --$g11.$tSpeaking of Alleys and Back Buildings... --$tConclusion: A Matter of Choice --$gApp. A.$tListing of Interviewees --$gApp. B.$tReconstructing Alley Households --$gApp. C.$tDistribution of Alley Addressees Listed in 1881-82 and 1891-92 City Directories --$gApp. D.$tDistribution of Alley Addressees Listing in 1901-2 and 1911-12 City Directories --$gApp. E.$tSupplemental Tables Based on City Directory Listings: 1881-82, 1891-92, 1901-2, 1911-12 --
505 80 $gApp. F.$tAlphabetical Listing of Alley Dwellers Mentioned in the Book.
520 $aInterweaving written documents, oral interviews, and pictorial images, Beasley presents a vivid picture of Galveston's alleys and alley life from the founding of the city into the twentieth century. The book blends a unique combination of research, photography, and the voices of those who have lived and live along the alleys.
520 8 $aBeasley has uncovered and analyzed a wealth of new information not only about the back buildings of Galveston but also about their occupants and the complex cultural forces at work in their lives. The result is a significant contribution to the fields of architectural and urban history as well as to African American studies.
650 0 $aOutbuildings$zTexas$zGalveston.
650 0 $aArchitecture and society$zTexas$zGalveston$xHistory.
651 0 $aGalveston (Tex.)$xHistory.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zTexas$zGalveston$xHistory.
651 0 $aGalveston (Tex.)$xBuildings, structures, etc.
852 80 $bave$hAA735 G2$iB383
852 00 $boff,war$hNA8301$i.B4 1996