Cowboy conservatism : Texas and the rise of the modern right /
During the 1960s and 1970s, Texas was rocked by a series of political transitions. Despite its century-long heritage of solidly Democratic politics, the state became a Republican stronghold virtually overnight, and by 1980 it was known as "Reagan Country." Ultimately, Republicans dominated...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2010.
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Colección: | New directions in southern history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The eyes of Texas: political culture and tradition
- Growing pains: the politics of extremism
- Reconstructing conservatism: antiliberalism and the limits of "law and order"
- "I am a sick American": race, fear, and the limits of backlash politics
- Poisons: establishments in crisis
- Civil war: populist conservatism and the 1976 campaigns
- The gathering storm: Republican momentum and the albatross of Jimmy Carter
- Revolution: Reagan and Texas in 1980.