Offers a study of the origins of present-day Texas conservatism. Contributors illuminate the factors that began moving Texas to the far right, even before the arrival of the New Deal. By demonstrating that Texas politics foreshadowed the partisan realignment of the erstwhile Solid South, these studies challenge the traditional narrative that emphasizes the right-wing critique of modern America voiced by radical conservatives of the state's Democratic Party, beginning in the 1930s.
Offers a study of the origins of present-day Texas conservatism. Contributors illuminate the factors that began moving Texas to the far right, even before the arrival of the New Deal. By demonstrating that Texas politics foreshadowed the partisan realignment of the erstwhile Solid South, these studies challenge the traditional narrative that emphasizes the right-wing critique of modern America voiced by radical conservatives of the state's Democratic Party, beginning in the 1930s.