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The Founding of Houston: Legal Uncertainties in a Nascent Republic
There was little law before elected government
Jan 13
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Jon Boyd
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Founding of Houston: The "Book of Sales"
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Jan 9
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Jon Boyd
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The Founding of Houston: Site Selection
The fourth site's a charm
Jan 6
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Jon Boyd
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The Founding of Houston: Thesis
With A Historiography of Nineteenth-Century Houston
Jan 2
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Jon Boyd
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Ancient Rome Did Not Have Sprawl
Are "sprawl" and "suburbia" identical in meaning?
Dec 30, 2025
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Jon Boyd
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Scorching Houston: Bicycles of the Imagination
Cycling Culture in the Bayou City before Cycling Arrived
Dec 26, 2025
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Jon Boyd
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The Semi-Public Character of Hotels
"Palaces of the Public"
Dec 23, 2025
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Jon Boyd
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What is a House? Conclusion
"House" was a synonym for building
Dec 19, 2025
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Jon Boyd
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What Is a "House?" Domestic Architecture
How domestic was the Victorian domus?
Dec 16, 2025
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Jon Boyd
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What Is a "House"? Provisioning Food
Small home-based businesses supplemented the large public market
Dec 12, 2025
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Jon Boyd
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What Is a "House?" Hotels and Boardinghouses
Before the "rhetorical attenuation between work and home"
Dec 9, 2025
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Jon Boyd
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What Is a "House"? Definitions
From the Oxford English Dictionary
Dec 5, 2025
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Jon Boyd
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