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A single star and bloody knuckles : a history of politics and race in Texas / Bill Minutaglio.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Texas bookshelfPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781477310366
  • 1477310363
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Contents:
Prologue -- Remain quietly : the 1870s -- Our defective plan : the 1880s -- Elites and aliens : the 1890s -- The bosses : the 1900s -- Legislative rest : the 1910s -- The second coming : the 1920s -- Black blizzards : the 1930s -- Beautiful Texas : the 1940s -- I have a plaintiff : the 1950s -- The Mink Coat Mob : the 1960s -- Bitten by the political bug : the 1970s -- The sands have shifted : the 1980s -- Reality day : the 1990s -- Smear tactics : the 2000s -- Total command : the 2010s -- Epilogue.
Summary: "Slated to join the Texas Bookshelf series, A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles traces the state's conflicted and dramatic evolution over the past 150 years through its pivotal political players, including oft-neglected women and people of color. Beginning in 1870, when the state's modern political framework was born, the book examines Texas political life against the backdrop of the economy, industry, and race relations, revealing how the state came to define itself and ultimately how it played a powerful role in national affairs"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 976.406 M668 Available 33111010521108
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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 politicking, backroom dealings, and, quite literally, bloodshed. The contentious history of Texas politics has been shaped by dangerous and often violent events, and been formed not just in the halls of power but by marginalized voices omitted from the official narratives.

A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles traces the state's conflicted and dramatic evolution over the past 150 years through its pivotal political players, including oft-neglected women and people of color. Beginning in 1870 with the birth of Texas's modern political framework, Bill Minutaglio chronicles Texas political life against the backdrop of industry, the economy, and race relations, recasting the narrative of influential Texans. With journalistic verve and candor, Minutaglio delivers a contemporary history of the determined men and women who fought for their particular visions of Texas and helped define the state as a potent force in national affairs.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-350) and index.

Prologue -- Remain quietly : the 1870s -- Our defective plan : the 1880s -- Elites and aliens : the 1890s -- The bosses : the 1900s -- Legislative rest : the 1910s -- The second coming : the 1920s -- Black blizzards : the 1930s -- Beautiful Texas : the 1940s -- I have a plaintiff : the 1950s -- The Mink Coat Mob : the 1960s -- Bitten by the political bug : the 1970s -- The sands have shifted : the 1980s -- Reality day : the 1990s -- Smear tactics : the 2000s -- Total command : the 2010s -- Epilogue.

"Slated to join the Texas Bookshelf series, A Single Star and Bloody Knuckles traces the state's conflicted and dramatic evolution over the past 150 years through its pivotal political players, including oft-neglected women and people of color. Beginning in 1870, when the state's modern political framework was born, the book examines Texas political life against the backdrop of the economy, industry, and race relations, revealing how the state came to define itself and ultimately how it played a powerful role in national affairs"-- Provided by publisher.

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