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Red state : an insider's story of how the GOP came to dominate Texas politics /

<P>In November 1960, the Democratic party dominated Texas. The newly elected vice president, Lyndon Johnson, was a Texan. Democrats held all thirty statewide elective positions. The state legislature had 181 Democrats and no Republicans or anyone else. Then fast forward fifty years to November...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thorburn, Wayne J. (Wayne Jacob), 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 42.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Understanding Texas
  • Dividing the state
  • A century of one-party politics
  • Stirrings and small cracks
  • Toward a two-party Texas
  • The two-party interlude
  • The era of Republican dominance
  • The future of Texas politics.