| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: The Dome Was So NiceThey Opened It Twice; Prologue: A Noble Idea for the Oil Patch; I. COW TOWN; 1. Roy Hofheinz: Houston's Grand Huckster; 2. Of Cows and Construction: Houston's Livestock Show and Rodeo; 3. Going Pro: George Kirksey, Craig Cullinan, and the Major League Dream; II. DOME TOWN; 4. Zimmerman and the Grand Plan: Engineering a Marvel; 5. The Grass Isn't Always Greener: AstroTurf and the Sports Purist Backlash; III. SPACE CITY; 6. Fractious Dome Futures; 7. The Dome and Its Legacy; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Astrodome (Houston, Tex.) -- History.
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Astrodome (Houston, Tex.) |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Womack, Kenneth, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Trumpbour, Robert C. Eighth wonder of the world. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016] 9780803255456 (DLC) 2015043763 |
| ISBN |
9780803295704 (epub) |
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0803295707 (epub) |
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9780803295711 (mobi) |
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0803295715 (mobi) |
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9780803295728 (pdf) |
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0803295723 (pdf) |
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9780803255456 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0803255454 |
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1496211782 |
| Standard No. |
40026256989 |
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