Conflict and commerce on the Rio Grande
Subtitle: Laredo, 1755-1955
By: John A. Adams, Jr.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Canseco-Keck history series -- no. 12
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781603440424
Subjects: Commerce -- Texas -- Laredo; Commerce -- Mexican-American Border Region; Laredo (Tex.) -- Economic conditions; Laredo (Tex.) -- History; Mexican-American Border Region -- Economic conditions; Rio Grande Valley -- History
Description: "John A. Adams, Jr. provides the first-ever panoramic business and economic history of Laredo. He traces the evolution of the region from its early days as a ranching center into the mid-twentieth century, when Laredo had become what it remains today: a booming port of trade and a principal center of commerce and financial services on the southern border of the United States."

"In Commerce and Conflict on the Rio Grande: Laredo, 1755-1955, Adams demonstrates how the increasingly diversified economy of the region fed the fortunes of the city through periods of expansion and dispute alike. His narrative, buttressed throughout by tables and statistics, paints a vivid mural of both the abstract forces and the farsighted and ambitious individuals that combined to bring prosperity to this unique city of the border. Readers will find a wealth of insights into regional economics, history, and borderlands themes."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: La Villa de San Agustín de Laredo; title: The swelling storm; title: War on the Rio Grande; title: Gateway to international commerce; title: Ore, onions, and oil; title: War, floods, and trade; title: Epilogue.