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Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities Ser.: Galveston That Was by Howard Barnstone (1999, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTexas A&M University Press
ISBN-10089096887X
ISBN-139780890968871
eBay Product ID (ePID)23038747993
Product Key Features
Number of Pages248 Pages
Publication NameGalveston That Was
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / General, General, Regional
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArchitecture, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorHoward Barnstone
SeriesSara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight52.1 Oz
Item Length11.2 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-268715
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume Number5
IllustratedYes
Volume Number5
Dewey Decimal917.6413903
SynopsisAn updated edition of the book which illustrates the city of Galveston and, as a result, inspired an effort to restore its architectural treasures., In a 1963 novel, Edna Ferber compared the city of Galveston to Miss Havisham, the gray, mournful abandoned bride of Dickens' Great Expectations. A thriving port city in the nineteenth century, Galveston suffered catastrophe in the twentieth as a deadly hurricane and shifting economics dropped a pall over its waterfront and Victorian mansions. Originally conceived as a requiem for the faded city, The Galveston That Was (developed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and funded by Jean and Dominique de Menil) instead helped resurrect the city. Architect-author Howard Barnstone, renowned portrait photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, and architect-photographer Ezra Stoller captured the soul of the city in The Galveston That Was and as a result, inspired a major and successful effort to restore Galveston's historic architectural treasures. Many of the buildings pictured in the book have since been restored, and the pace of demolition slowed dramatically after the book's initial publication. In 1994, Rice University Press, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and George and Cynthia Mitchell, published an updated edition of the book. This new printing of the book, now under the Texas A&M University Press imprint, contains the text annotations and updates, plus Peter H. Brink's afterword, that were added to the 1994 edition.
LC Classification NumberF394.G2B3 1999
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