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The Texas Left. The Radical Roots of Lone Star Liberalism.
. Ed(S): O'Donald, David; Wilkison, Cullen; Wilkison, Kyle G.
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For most of the twentieth century, the popular perception of Texas politics has been that of dominant conservatism. This title explores efforts of women, blacks, Tejanos, labor organizers, and political activists to claim rights of citizenship, livelihood, and recognition, from the Reconstruction era onwards. Editor(s): O'Donald, David; Wilkison, Cullen; Wilkison, Kyle G. Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
The Texas Left. Some would say the phrase is an oxymoron.
For most of the twentieth century, the popular perception of Texas politics has been that of dominant conservatism, punctuated by images of cowboys, oil barons, and party bosses intent on preserving a decidedly capitalist status quo.
In fact, poor farmers and laborers who were disenfranchised, segregated, and, depending on their ethnicity and gender, confronted with varying levels of hostility and discrimination, have long composed the ""other"" political heritage of Texas. In The Texas Left, fourteen scholars examine this heritage.
Though largely ignored by historians of previous decades who focused instead on telling ... Read more
The Texas Left. Some would say the phrase is an oxymoron.
For most of the twentieth century, the popular perception of Texas politics has been that of dominant conservatism, punctuated by images of cowboys, oil barons, and party bosses intent on preserving a decidedly capitalist status quo.
In fact, poor farmers and laborers who were disenfranchised, segregated, and, depending on their ethnicity and gender, confronted with varying levels of hostility and discrimination, have long composed the ""other"" political heritage of Texas. In The Texas Left, fourteen scholars examine this heritage.
Though largely ignored by historians of previous decades who focused instead on telling ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest
Number of Pages
248
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781603441759
SKU
V9781603441759
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About . Ed(S): O'Donald, David; Wilkison, Cullen; Wilkison, Kyle G.
DAVID O'DONALD CULLEN and KYLE G. WILKISON are professors of history at Collin College in Plano Wilkison is author of Yeomen, Sharecroppers, and Socialists: Plain Folk Protest in Texas, 1870-1914 (TAMU Press, 2008), winner of the Texas Historical Commission's T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award.
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