A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles : : A History of Politics and Race in Texas / / Bill Minutaglio.
Finalist, 2021 Writers’ League of Texas Book Award For John Nance “Cactus Jack” Garner, there was one simple rule in politics: “You’ve got to bloody your knuckles.” It’s a maxim that applies in so many ways to the state of Texas, where the struggle for power has often unfolded through underhanded po...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Texas Bookshelf
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 40 b&w photos |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Remain Quietly: The 1870s
- 2. Our Defective Plan: The 1880s
- 3. Elites and Aliens: The 1890s
- 4. The Bosses: The 1900s
- 5. Legislative Rest: The 1910s
- 6. The Second Coming: The 1920s
- 7. Black Blizzards: The 1930s
- 8. Beautiful Texas: The 1940s
- 9. I Have a Plaintiff: The 1950s
- 10. The Mink Coat Mob: The 1960s
- 11. Bitten by the Political Bug: The 1970s
- 12. The Sands Have Shifted: The 1980s
- 13. Reality Day: The 1990s
- 14. Smear Tactics: The 2000s
- 15. Total Command: The 2010s
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Photo Credits
- Index