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008 970428s1998 txua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 97015563
020 $a0292777256 (alk. paper)
020 $a0292777264 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aF391$b.S6254 1998
082 00 $a976.4/06$221
100 1 $aSitton, Thad,$d1941-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83022132
245 10 $aNameless towns :$bTexas sawmill communities, 1880-1942 /$cby Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad.
250 $a1st University of Texas Press ed.
260 $aAustin :$bUniversity of Texas Press,$c1998.
263 $a9806
300 $axiii, 257 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.[259]-248) and index.
520 $aSawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Drawing on oral history, company records, and other archival sources, Sitton and Conrad recreate the lifeways of the sawmill communities. They describe the companies that ran the mills and the different kinds of jobs involved in logging and milling. They depict the usually rough-hewn towns, with their central mill, unpainted houses, company store, and schools, churches, and community centers.
520 8 $aAnd they characterize the lives of the people, from the hard, awesomely dangerous mill work to the dances, picnics, and other recreations that offered welcome diversions.
651 0 $aTexas$xHistory, Local.
651 0 $aTexas$xSocial life and customs.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117252
650 0 $aCity and town life$zTexas$xHistory.
650 0 $aSawmills$zTexas$xHistory.
650 0 $aLumbering$zTexas$xHistory.
700 1 $aConrad, James H.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81106266
852 00 $boff,glx$hF391$i.S6254 1998