Texas Left The Radical Roots of Lone Star Liberalism

Name: Texas Left The Radical Roots of Lone Star Liberalism
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ISBN: 9781603441896

ISBN-10: 1603441891

ISBN-13: 9781603441896

Edition: 2010

Authors: David O'Donald, Kyle G. Wilkison

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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. InThe Texas Left, fourteen scholars examine this heritage. Though largely ignored by historians of previous decades who focused instead on telling the stories of…

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List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Publication date: 2/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


"The Right to Work, to Starve, to Die": The Forgotten Radical Heritage of Texas



"Texas Out-radicals My Radicalism": Roots of Radical Republicanism in Reconstruction Texas



Rebel Farmers: The Texas Farmers' Alliance



"A Host of Sturdy Patriots": The Texas Populists



The Texas Socialist Party



Texas ï¿½ Unions ï¿½ Time: Unions in Texas from the Time of the Republic through the Great War, 1838-1919



Looking for Lefty: Liberal/Left Activism and Texas Labor, 1920s-1960s



Not Whistling Dixie: Women's Movements and Feminist Politics



Confronting White Supremacy: The African American Left in Texas, 1874-1974



More Than a Somnolent Type: Tejanos Resist the Rule of Dominance



A Modern Liberal Tradition in Texas?



About the Contributors


Index