The Texas Left: The Radical Roots of Lone Star Liberalism (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest): 35 (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest (Paperback)) - Softcover

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9781603441896: The Texas Left: The Radical Roots of Lone Star Liberalism (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest): 35 (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest (Paperback))

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ISBN 10: 1603441891 ISBN 13: 9781603441896

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2010

For most of the twentieth century, the popular perception of Texas politics has been that of dominant conservatism, punctuated by images of cowboys, oil batons, and party bosses intent on preserving a decidedly capitalist status. This book explores topics such as early efforts of women, blacks, Tejanos, labor organizers, and political activists.

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""The Texas Left "addresses an often overlooked but critical component of the state's history, namely the strategies adopted by marginalized Texans in their pursuit of a more just, equal, and humane society. Minority groups that challenged established capitalists, industrialists or racists on pragmatic grounds frequently triumphed. But left-leaning Texans did not always win, and these essays indicate the prices that they, and Texans generally, paid for inadequate economic, social, and political reform."-Debra Reid, author, "Seeking Inalienable Rights: Texans and Their Quests for Justice"
"This important volume provides the most extensive consideration of Texas groups on the political left, which in turn adds valuable balance to discussions of Lone Star politics."--; and author, The African Texans (Texas A&M University Press, 2004)--Alwyn Barr"Texas Tech University" (06/15/2009)

"The Texas Left addresses an often overlooked but critical component of the state's history, namely the strategies adopted by marginalized Texans in their pursuit of a more just, equal, and humane society. Minority groups that challenged established capitalists, industrialists or racists on pragmatic grounds frequently triumphed. But left-leaning Texans did not always win, and these essays indicate the prices that they, and Texans generally, paid for inadequate economic, social, and political reform."-Debra Reid, author, Seeking Inalienable Rights: Texans and Their Quests for Justice

--Debra Reid

About the Author:

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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