Deep in the Heart of San Antonio: Land and Life in South Texas

by Char Miller

Book Overview

Char Miller's essays cover a wide range of South Texas topics, from natural and environmental history to urban development to San Antonio's future. Miller uses simple subjects--the First Friday Art Walks in South Town, for example--as a springboard for a deeper discussion of urban city planning and an elusive future of sensible growth and diversity. Moving farther afield, he examines the water wars between the U.S. and Mexico, a quarry turned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595340076
• ISBN13: 9781595340078
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Maverick Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Delivered as promised-on time.

This is a book worth reading for lovers of San Antonio and South Texas, but also for those interested in the urban history of America. The author, a history professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, blends some political science with history in the telling of this interesting story.