Matthew Neuman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3758096 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Neuman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Neuman |
| SIGNATURE | NEUMAN M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Inventing the "Magic Valley" of South Texas, 1905-1941
In this article we examine the invention of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas as the “Magic Valley.” To sell land and water, early‐twentieth‐century land developers and boosters created the Magic Valley as a place myth comprising claims of abundant irrigation water, pliant and abundant labor, and modernity overtaking wilderness. We use a conceptual framework developed from place‐making and place‐marketing literatures in which language, iconogr…
Inventing the "Magic Valley" of South Texas, 1905-1941
In this article we examine the invention of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas as the “Magic Valley.” To sell land and water, early‐twentieth‐century land developers and boosters created the Magic Valley as a place myth comprising claims of abundant irrigation water, pliant and abundant labor, and modernity overtaking wilderness. We use a conceptual framework developed from place‐making and place‐marketing literatures in which language, iconogr…
Inventing the "Magic Valley" of South Texas, 1905-1941
In this article we examine the invention of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas as the “Magic Valley.” To sell land and water, early‐twentieth‐century land developers and boosters created the Magic Valley as a place myth comprising claims of abundant irrigation water, pliant and abundant labor, and modernity overtaking wilderness. We use a conceptual framework developed from place‐making and place‐marketing literatures in which language, iconogr…
Aesthetics (1 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 works) · American History and Culture (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Ecology (1 works) · Ecology (1 works) · Expansive (1 works) · History (1 works) · History (1 works)