This volume on the resources of Texas is the first of two volumes to be published by The University of Texas dealing with the developments in Texas in the postwar period. Essays from different authors on resources. Contents and how they earn their living, agricultural, mineral resources, oil and gas, petroleum refining, natural gas and gasoline, coals, lignite, iron ore, ceramics, abrasives, mineral structure, water resources, electric power, marine resources, food preservation, natural vegetation, forest resources, pharmaceutical opportunities, industrial, chemical, vocational and technological, and cultural.