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Technology as a Factor in the Gulf Coast Shipbuilding Industry, 1900-1945

To show how mass-production principles and welding in shipbuilding altered the economic conditions along the Gulf coast, this investigation relied on a chronological narrative to illustrate the importance of timing in addition to identifying the significant factors causing the changes. The account begins with a description of the Gulf coast shipyards during World War I and ends shortly after World War II. The necessary factors for Gulf coast participation in shipbuilding are developed in two ch… more

Date: August 1980

Creator: Peebles, Robert H. (Robert Houston)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

Partner: UNT Libraries

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The Reforms of Beauford Halbert Jester's Administration, 1947-1949

Beauford Halbert Jester, thirty-sixth governor of Texas, had served nearly six months of his second term when he died on July 11, 1949. He tends to be remembered as the only Texas governor to die in office, but his accomplishments deserve greater recognition. Elected as the Establishment candidate in a bitter campaign against a liberal opponent, Jester had a surprisingly progressive administration. During his tenure the state generally expanded its services, began a prison reform program, reorg… more

Date: May 1984

Creator: Lowe, Billie Lynne