Race and Class in Texas Politics

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Certain provincialism, like provincialism everywhere, has the effect of preventing insight into the way things work. If one would understand the United States, one must become acquainted with its parts. This is impossible if the parts--the states and the leading cities--are assumed to be no more than miniature clones of the nation.This book examines one of the provinces. It also represents an effort to get beyond a popular regional approach, the trademark of which is often sentimentality or reverse provincial chauvinism. Texas deserves to be studied because it matters itself and because it is an important piece in the puzzle of modern American politics. - from the Preface.

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"Davidson's iconoclastic work dashes most of [the] stereotypes while capturing the driving agents and paradoxes of Texas politics... This book is an excellent read for students of state and local government, party politics, and ideology."--American Political Science Review "Required reading for anyone committed to understanding the forces that really shape American politics."--Sara Frankel, San Francisco Examiner "An entertaining and insightful depiction of the fascinating character of Texas politics."--John H. Tull, Jr., Dallas News