Lessoff’s call to recognize the rise of urban Texas is valuable and rewarding for both historians and local residents. ― Western Historical Quarterly Published On: 2015-11-01
This book is a model for other historians to test in other places—in Texas, the Southwest, and other regions. It is a great urban history and an excellent source for readers both familiar with and new to the city’s history. ―
Southwestern Historical Quarterly Published On: 2016-04-01
An important contribution to the growing body of work on Sunbelt cities. . . . [It] proves that the history of successes, anxieties, and new starts in ‘peripheral’ cities might be just as important, if not more so, than the urban monoliths of history and historiography such as New York and Chicago. ―
Pacific Historical Review Published On: 2016-11-01
A well-researched and interesting addition to urban history in an understudied region. The author incorporates environmental history nicely and demonstrates why Corpus Christi has not been able to achieve long-term success like many of its neighboring cities. ―
Journal of Southern History Published On: 2016-05-01
About the Author
ALAN LESSOFF is a professor of history at Illinois State University in Bloomington. A specialist in US and comparative urban history, he has written, cowritten, or edited five previous books, most recently, Fractured Modernity: America Confronts Modern Times, 1890s to 1940s, edited with Thomas Welskopp.
