Houston -- A History

by David G. McComb

David G. McComb, a professor at Colorado State University, has published numerous books and articles on Texas history.

Genres: History

288 pages, Hardcover

First published April 28, 1970

About the author

David G. McComb taught United States history, world history, sports history, and the history of technology at Colorado State University, where he retired as a professor emeritus in 2002. He has published fourteen books, including the award-winning Galveston: A History; Texas, a Modern History; and Spare Time in Texas: Recreation and History in the Lone Star State.

Reviews

[Joshpherigo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good but imperfect chronicle of Houston’s unlikely journey from a backwater real estate play to a global industrial city. It succeeds as a detailed timeline of city history with plenty of dates and names for later reference. The writing itself is just fine and includes enough detail to give the facts some life. The book falters in the final chapter, “Conservatism and Culture,” which strays clumsily and briefly over the city’s troubled history of racial and social division. These topics played a major role in the city’s development and deserved more attention and better treatment in the book.