Big, hot, cheap, and right
Subtitle: what America can learn from the strange genius of Texas
By: Erica Grieder
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781610391924; 9781610393751
Subjects: Politics and government; Social conditions; History
Description: Texas may well be America's most controversial state. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state's politics and attitude. And yet, according to journalist (and Texan) Grieder, the United States has a great deal to learn from Texas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-267) and index.
Table of contents: title: Man-made miracle; title: The Texas model; title: The troublesome territory; title: State of hate; title: Land and cattle; title: Black gold; title: The ungoverned; title: The shadow state; title: The democrats; title: The rise of the right; title: 21st-century Texas; title: Vestigial parts; title: Turning Texas blue; title: The coming crackup; title: Tweaking the model; title: The texanization of the United States.