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The Republican Party of Texas : a political history /
"The Republican Party has dominated Texas politics in recent decades, but for a long time after Reconstruction ended the Texas GOP was little more than a vehicle for federal patronage (i.e., getting appointed to a Washington job as a reward for serving the party in a Republican backwater like T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2021.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The Republican Party has dominated Texas politics in recent decades, but for a long time after Reconstruction ended the Texas GOP was little more than a vehicle for federal patronage (i.e., getting appointed to a Washington job as a reward for serving the party in a Republican backwater like Texas). Thorburn begins with this history, from the founding of the party in 1867 through patronage battles and the debates of the 1920s between Reconstruction-minded Republicans and segregationists. About two-thirds of the book is devoted to the second half of the 20th century, with the emergence of a more competitive party in the 1950s-60s through the swing years and the eventual dominance of the 21st century"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 482 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781477322529 1477322523 9781477322536 1477322531 |