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There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos
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Jim Hightower |
Presents a humorous look at American politics including such topics as the two-party system, Wall Street, Bill Clinton and more. |
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We the people
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Theodore J. Lowi,Benjamin Ginsberg,Robert J. Spitzer,Margaret Weir |
xxv, 625, A113 pages : 26 cm |
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Ross Sterling, Texan
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Ross S. Sterling,Ed Kilman |
ix, 270 pages : 24 cm |
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Ten dollars to hate
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Patricia Bernstein |
Ten Dollars to Hate tells the story of the massive Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s--by far the most "successful" incarnation since its inception in the ashes of the Civil War--and the first prosecutor in t… |
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Big, hot, cheap, and right
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Erica Grieder |
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,… |
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Forgetting to be afraid
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Wendy Davis |
A deeply personal memoir by the 2014 Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate traces her upbringing by a single-mom high school dropout, her early divorce, her Harvard Law School education and the ea… |
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Faustian bargains
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Joan Mellen |
"Perhaps no president has a more ambiguous reputation than LBJ. A brilliant tactician, he maneuvered colleagues and turned bills into law better than anyone. But he was trailed by a legacy of underha… |
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Governing Texas
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Edward J. Harpham,Anthony Champagne,Jason P. Casellas |
xxi, 481, A72 pages ; 26 cm |
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Democratizing Texas politics
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Benjamin Márquez |
"In 1940 there were virtually no Mexican American elected officials in Texas at any level of government. By the turn of the century that was no longer true. In fact, Mexican Americans in Texas had ef… |
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Henry Cisneros
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Rita Petrucelli |
A biography of the first Mexican American mayor of San Antonio, Texas. |
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Henry B. Gonzalez
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Brenda Haugen |
A biography profiling the life of Henry B. Gonzalez, the Texas and United States politician who became a voice for the poor and downtrodden. Includes source notes and timeline. |
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Shrub
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Lou Dubose,Molly Ivins |
When it comes to reporting on politics, nobody does it smarter or funnier than bestselling author Molly Ivins. In Shrub, Ivins focuses her Texas-size smarts on the biggest politician in her home stat… |
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Texas Politics
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Calvin C. Jillson |
Approaching the politics of the Lone Star State from historical, developmental, and analytical perspectives, this text avoids partisanship, ideology, and gimmicks to provide the most comprehensive, r… |
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