Cowboy conservatism
Subtitle: Texas and the rise of the modern right
By: Sean P. Cunningham.
Series: New directions in Southern history
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780813125763
Subjects: Conservatism -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The eyes of Texas : political culture and tradition; title: Growing pains : the politics of extremism; title: Reconstructing conservatism : antiliberalism and the limits of "law and order"; title: "I am a sick American" : race, fear, and the limits of backlash politics; title: Poisons : establishments in crisis; title: Civil war : populist conservatism and the 1976 campaigns; title: The gathering storm : Republican momentum and the albatross of Jimmy Carter; title: Revolution : Reagan and Texas in 1980.