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_____tICtIDN1IL]I~N1ILS----Preface xi 1. "All That Stuff": An Introduction 3 2. Ranchers and Lawyers, Photographers and Artists: Occupation 15 3. Ties That Bind: Family 49 4. "Madonnas upon Log-Walls": Ethnicity 75 5. Home Away from Home: Social Group 99 6. The Alamo, the Lone Star, and the Confederacy: Region 119 7. Art Good Enough for Texas: Refinement 143 8. From Art Galleries to Sears, Roebuck: Class 167 9. Aesthetic, Mission, and Colonial Revival: Style 195 10. Houses of Many Rooms: Multiple Identities 223 11. "Interior Decorators Were Not Yet With Us": Advice Literature 273 12. Toward Professional Decoration: A Case Study 307 13. Deep in the Heart of Anywhere: Architects and Decorators 337 A Complex of Trails: Conclusion 397 Appendix 1 403 Appendix 2 405 Glossary 417 Notes 425 Bibliography 443 Index 453 ...

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