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The Texas Right - - Bog - Texas A & M University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Texas Right - - Bog - Texas A & M University Press - Plusbog.dk

In The Texas Right: The Radical Roots of Lone Star Conservatism, some of our most accomplished and readable historians push the origins of present-day Texas conservatism back to the decade preceding the twentieth century. They illuminate the initial 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, the studies in this book challenge the traditional narrative that emphasizes the right-wing critique of modern America voiced by, among others, radical conservatives of the state’s Democratic Party, beginning in the 1930s. As the contributors show, it is impossible to understand the Jeffersonian Democrats of 1936, the Texas Regular movement of 1944, the Dixiecrat Party of 1948, the Shivercrats of the 1950s, state members of the John Birch Society, Texas members of Young Americans for Freedom, Reagan Democrats, and most recently, even, the Tea Party movement without first understanding the underlying impulses that produced their formation.

DKK 544.00
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Texas Lithographs - Ron Tyler - Bog - University of Texas Press - Plusbog.dk

Texas Lithographs - Ron Tyler - Bog - University of Texas Press - Plusbog.dk

2024 Ewell L. Newman Book Award, American Historical Print Collectors Society 2024 Kate Broocks Bates Award for Historical Research, Texas State Historical Association? 2024 TCU Texas Book Prize, Friends of the TCU Library and the TCU Press 2024 Kempner Family Book Prize-Nonfiction,The Philosophical Society of TexasA stunning and comprehensive collection of lithographs from 1818 to 1900 Texas. Westward expansion in the United States was deeply intertwined with the technological revolutions of the nineteenth century, from telegraphy to railroads. Among the most important of these, if often forgotten, was the lithograph. Before photography became a dominant medium, lithography-and later, chromolithography-enabled inexpensive reproduction of color illustrations, transforming journalism and marketing and nurturing, for the first time, a global visual culture. One of the great subjects of the lithography boom was an emerging Euro-American colony in the Americas: Texas. The most complete collection of its kind-and quite possibly the most complete visual record of nineteenth-century Texas, period-Texas Lithographs is a gateway to the history of the Lone Star State in its most formative period. Ron Tyler assembles works from 1818 to 1900, many created by outsiders and newcomers promoting investment and settlement in Texas. Whether they depict the early French colony of Champ d’Asile, the Republic of Texas, and the war with Mexico, or urban growth, frontier exploration, and the key figures of a nascent Euro-American empire, the images collected here reflect an Eden of opportunity-a fairy-tale dream that remains foundational to Texans’ sense of self and to the world’s sense of Texas.

DKK 520.00
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Texas Riparian Areas - - Bog - Texas A & M University Press - Plusbog.dk

Texas Riparian Areas - - Bog - Texas A & M University Press - Plusbog.dk

Riparian areas - transitional zones between the aquatic environments of streams, rivers, and lakes and the terrestrial environments on and alongside their banks - are special places. They provide almost two hundred thousand miles of connections through which the waters of Texas flow. Keeping the water flowing, in as natural a way as possible, is key to the careful and wise management of the state's water resources. Texas Riparian Areas evolved from a report commissioned by the Texas Water Development Board as Texas faced the reality of over-allocated water resources and long-term if not permanent drought conditions. Its purpose was to summarize the characteristics of riparian areas and to develop a common vocabulary for discussing, studying, and managing them.

DKK 446.00
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Texas Almanac 2014–2015 - - Bog - Texas State Historical Association,U.S. - Plusbog.dk

Texas Almanac 2014–2015 - - Bog - Texas State Historical Association,U.S. - Plusbog.dk

Features of The Texas Almanac 2014–2015Sketches of eight historic ranches of Texas by Texana writer Mike CoxArticle on the Texas art and artists by Houston businessman and art collector J.P. Bryan, who has amassed the world’s largest Texana collectionCoverage of the 2012 elections, redistricting, and the 2012 Texas Olympic medalistsAn update on Major League Baseball in TexasLists of sports champions — high school, college, and professionalMajor Sections Updated for Each EditionThe Environment, including geology, plant life, wildlife, rivers, and lakesWeather highlights of the previous two years, plus a list of destructive weather dating from 1766Two-year Astronomical Calendar that shows moon phases, times of sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset, eclipses, and meteor showersRecreation, with details on state and national parks and forests, landmarks, and fairs and festivalsSports, including lists of high school football and basketball champions, professional sports teams, Texas Olympians, and Texas Sports Hall of Fame inducteesCounties section, with detailed county maps and profiles for Texas’s 254 countiesPopulation figures from the 2010 US Census and State Data Center estimates as of 2012Comprehensive list of Texas Cities and TownsPolitics, Elections, and information on Federal, State, and Local GovernmentsCulture and the Arts, including a list of civic and religious HolidaysReligion census of 2010 by denomination and adherents; breakdown on metro areas and countiesHealth and Science, with charts of vital statisticsEducation, including a complete list of colleges and universities, and UIL resultsBusiness and Transportation, with an expanded section on Oil and GasAgriculture, including data on production of crops, fruits, vegetables, livestock, and dairyObituaries of notable TexansPronunciation Guide to Texas town and county names

DKK 446.00
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Texas Almanac 2012-2013 - - Bog - Texas State Historical Association,U.S. - Plusbog.dk

Texas Almanac 2012-2013 - - Bog - Texas State Historical Association,U.S. - Plusbog.dk

First published in 1857, the Texas Almanac has a long history of chronicling the Lone Star State and its residents. The Almanac's 66th edition is printed in full color and includes hundreds of photographs from every region of the state. Color maps of the state and each of its 254 counties show relief, major and minor roads, waterways, parks, and other attractions. Each county map is accompanied by a profile outlining that county's history, physical features, recreation, population, and economy. Special features in the 66th Edition include: • An article on the birth of the Austin music scene and the influence on it by legendary musician Willie Nelson, written by Nelson biographer Joe Nick Patoski. The Austin music scene is recognized worldwide through Austin City Limits, the longest running music program on American television. • A history of the Civil War in Texas to mark the 150th year since the beginning of that conflict. Composed by Texana writer Mike Cox, the article highlights the unique aspects of the war in Texas, such as the Great Hanging at Gainesville and the Battle of Palmito Ranch. • Newly released 2010 population figures. • A complete history of voter turnout in Texas going back to 1866. • A history of professional football in Texas. • Comprehensive lists of high school football and basketball championships, Texas Olympians, and Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The Texas Almanac 2012–2013 includes articles and data about: • history and government • population and demographics • the natural environment • sports and recreation • business and transportation • oil and minerals • agriculture • science and health • education • culture and the arts • obituaries of notable Texans • pronunciation guide to town and county names

DKK 446.00
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Texas Takes Shape - James Harkins - Bog - University of Texas Press - Plusbog.dk

Texas Takes Shape - James Harkins - Bog - University of Texas Press - Plusbog.dk

A comprehensive volume on historical mapping in Texas. The Texas General Land Office’s map collection contains over 45,000 maps, some dating from the sixteenth century, making it one of the most important cartographic archives in Texas. As products and agents of history drawn by cartographers with motives and means as diverse as the places they document, maps provide a unique perspective on geopolitical, cultural, and economic processes. The maps of the GLO offer key insights into Texas’s sprawling history. They speak to issues of changing borders, social and political upheaval, and questions of sovereignty and power. Texas Takes Shape offers an illuminating selection from the GLO archive: over one hundred maps that tell-and sometimes obscure-the stories of European colonization, Spanish and Mexican rule, the Republic of Texas, and the modern US state. There are maps here of every scale, from the hemispheric visions of European explorers to individual survey plats. Accompanying essays offer fascinating lessons on topics ranging from Indigenous cartography to military and railroad mapmaking and frontier surveys. Artful and informative, Texas Takes Shape examines a unique place through the eyes and imaginations of those who sought to govern it, profit from it, understand it, and call it home.

DKK 427.00
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