Walter Keene Ferguson (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xii,233. From the University of Texas Press archives (stamped accordingly on the flyleaf). Mild ordinary shelfwear to the jacket, but the jacket remains fully intact. Otherwise pristine. Bound in light green cloth, with stamped gold lettering to the spine. This is a special sale item which will be shipped in an envelope, not a box. If you order this from outside the United States, we will request an additional payment to help cover the postage. Every order includes tracking and originates in Tucson, AZ. ~Mesquite Booksellers.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover; light foxing/browning of endpages and edges; o/w in good condition. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Tyler Publishing Company, Austin, TX. 1977. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated Main Highways Edition/First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to upper tips; light soiling to bottom of front wrap. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. Non-Paginated but divided by sections of the state A-U. 8vo. This guide is for the traveler on the Texas Highway System set to correspond with the markers set out by the Texas Historical Commission. The author spent four months on the road examining and recording the information on all the markers, and now they are recorded and speak for themselves. A clean very presentable copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Austin & London: University of Texas Press, (1969). First Edition. 8vo. xii,233pp, Index, Bibliography. Green cloth, unworn, very good, no dj - ex-library to this extent: withdrawn stamp and marking on copyright page, glue residue on rear pastedown. ISBN 0292700075; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 233 pages.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Main Highways Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Slight crumpling on lower half of signed title page, upper right front corner creased, bumps and shelf wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine copy in hardcover with near fine jacket. Jacket is price-clipped.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. dj. First edition, first printing. Inked inscription on rear pastedown, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped, edge worn dust jacket with faded spine, in mylar cover.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Unpublished MA Thesis; includes a large folded hand-colored map in rear pocket; ex-corporate library; comb-bound, in light cardboard covers; in very good condition. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 248 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Octavo. 233pp. Conservation, mineral wealth, and state lands in the first fifty years of Texas statehood. A near fine copy bound in green cloth, spine lettering gilt, in near fine unclipped dust jacket.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 248.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 248.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Conservation and development of natural resources are issues of critical importance throughout the world. These issues have been matters of public concern in Texas since legislators first adopted the state-sponsored geological survey as a means of extending government funds to private citizens who would help develop and advertise the mineral and agricultural wealth of Texas. Walter Keene Ferguson examines the relation of politics to geological exploration during a critical period in Texas history-the first half-century of statehood. Although Texas shared its frontier experience with many other areas, it could not rely on federal aid in the form of land grants because the state government controlled the destiny of the public domain at all times. Acrimonious debate between farmers and urbanites of East Texas and pioneer ranchers of arid West Texas rendered the disposition of public lands even more difficult. As tools for developing and advertising resources, the geological and agricultural surveys of 1858 and 1867 fulfilled the demands of expectant capitalism made by politicians, speculators, and railroad entrepreneurs. Reconnaissance geologists publicized the wealth of Texas. Drought in 1886 and popular agitation against squandering of state land caused the emergence of a new concept of the geological survey as an instrument of land reform and public assistance. Lobbying by reformers and scientific organizations led to the formation of the Dumble Survey in 1888 and the University of Texas Mineral Survey in 1901. Stratigraphic analysis of the 'individualities' of Texas geology helped the state realize its full economic potential and led to legislation to protect public mineral land from exploitation. The youthful oil industry finally removed geological exploration from the political arena. As part of the University, a permanent Bureau of Economic Geology was established in 1909 to extend the benefits of scientific research to private citizens and state organizations on a nonpartisan basis. Ferguson's analysis of geological surveys in Texas contributes to an understanding not only of the geology and history of the state but of the urgent problem of evaluating the natural resources of underdeveloped regions.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. The relation of politics to geological exploration during the first half-century of Texas statehood.&Uumlber den AutorWalter Keene Ferguson is unusually qualified to analyze the interactions of politicians and geologists on the.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Geology and Politics in Frontier Texas, 1845-1909 | Walter Keene Ferguson | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | University of Texas Press | EAN 9781477300800 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …