The Republican Party of Texas : a political history /
The Republican Party has dominated Texas politics in recent decades, but for a long time after Reconstruction ended the Texas GOP was little more than a vehicle for federal patronage (i.e., getting appointed to a Washington job as a reward for serving the party in a Republican backwater like Texas)....
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021].
|
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | The Republican Party has dominated Texas politics in recent decades, but for a long time after Reconstruction ended the Texas GOP was little more than a vehicle for federal patronage (i.e., getting appointed to a Washington job as a reward for serving the party in a Republican backwater like Texas). Thorburn begins with this history, from the founding of the party in 1867 through patronage battles and the debates of the 1920s between Reconstruction-minded Republicans and segregationists. About two-thirds of the book is devoted to the second half of the 20th century, with the emergence of a more competitive party in the 1950s-60s through the swing years and the eventual dominance of the 21st century. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | viii, 482 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781477322512 1477322515 |